On Thursday morning, June 11, 2020, the Street Crimes Response Team (SCRT) along with Lincoln City Police, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Newport Police, Toledo Police, and McMinnville Police executed simultaneous […]
Archives for 2020
Pacific Seafood begins slowly reopening its Newport processing plants 6 days after massive COVID-19 outbreak
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Pacific Seafood started reopening two of its five Newport processing plants Wednesday after inspections by state food safety and health officials. The plants have been closed […]
Coronavirus concerns lead to cancellation of 20th annual Yachats Celtic festival scheduled in November
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed another local event – the 20th Yachats Celtic Music Festival scheduled for November. In addition to its roster of well-known Celtic singers and musicians, the […]
State releases guidelines Wednesday for re-opening K-12 schools in fall
By JACKSON HOGAN/Oregon Capital Bureau This fall, Oregon’s K-12 students may finally get to return to their classrooms for the first time in half a year, based on new state […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for June 8-9
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP20154399 06/08/2020 14:58 Officer #57487 BUTLER, ANDREW FW – Wildlife (non-hunting related) Location Narrative Summary On 6/8/2020 a subject was contacted by OSP Fish and Wildlife Troopers […]
Lincoln County commissioners drop idea of applying for Phase 2 of Oregon’s reopening plan after big Pacific Seafood outbreak
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Unsettled by a large outbreak in Lincoln County COVID-19 cases, county commissioners have again decided against asking the state to enter Phase 2 of Oregon’s reopening plan. […]
Lincoln County designer’s idea for creating face shields takes off and keeps on spreading through community
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Lindsey Johnson, like so many others, had been reading all about the critical shortage of personal protective equipment facing first responders and other front-line workers helping […]
Oregon’s nonprofit hospitals with big cash reserves but with big COVID losses rake in CARES money
By BEN BOTKIN and CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/The Lund Report Portland-based Legacy Health received about $40 million in federal aid in recent weeks for its five Oregon hospitals to help them cope […]
Newport and Lincoln City hospitals get almost $13 million in federal CARES funds
By CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/The Lund Report The federal payments to Oregon hospitals under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic totals hundreds of millions of dollars, but nailing an exact figure is […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Tuesday, June 9
Oregon reports 70 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 169, the […]