Two fence-jumping surfers from Cottage Grove are the first people to be cited by Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies for disregarding a COVID-19 park closure in order to reach the beach. […]
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Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Sunday, April 19
Oregon reports 2 new COVID-19 deaths, 66 new COVID-19 cases PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll from 72 to 74, the Oregon Health […]
Lincoln City family endorses Baldwin for circuit court
To the editor: Russell Baldwin has been our family attorney since we moved to Lincoln City approximately 20 years ago. We encourage everyone to vote for him in the upcoming May 19, […]
Gamba in Congress could help stop Trump’s environmental destruction
To the editor: After more than 50 years of activism for environmental and social justice it is painful for me to watch those years of hard work and occasional success […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Saturday, April 18
Oregon reports 2 new COVID-19 deaths, 59 new COVID-19 cases PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll from 70 to 72, the Oregon Health […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Friday, April 17
PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed six more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 70, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 8 a.m. Friday. Oregon Health Authority also […]
Lincoln County couple finds old hand grenade; sheriff calls in bomb squad
On Friday April 17th, at approximately 4:30pm, an Otis resident called the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office to report finding a World War II era hand grenade in the garage of […]
Florence women dies Friday in two-car collision near Mapleton
On Friday, April 17, 2020 at approximately 5:35 P.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle crash on Oregon Highway 36 near milepost 1 just […]
Without help, Yachats businesses and their supporters worry they won’t be able to re-open after coronavirus closures
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Hundreds of small Oregon coast business owners, forced to close their doors four weeks ago due to coronavirus mandates, are waking each day to the grim […]
State investigating what triggered radiation alarm from hospital debris
LINCOLN CITY — State environmental investigators are trying to determine what caused a radiation alarm this week on a load of debris from the demolition of the old Samaritan North […]