By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com For the fifth consecutive summer, Yachats will greet the season with dozens of unique art banners festooning the downtown light poles along U.S. Highway 101. And for the fifth consecutive year, Michael Guerriero is coordinating the Yachats Banner Project under the sponsorship of Polly Plumb Productions. Beginning in mid-June, 36 canvas […]
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Lincoln County commissioners expected to resume discussion of controversial short-term rental regulations Monday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County staff expects to complete detailed recommendations on regulations governing short-term rentals and present them to commissioners at its Monday meeting. After outlining the proposals to commissioners, County Counsel Wayne Belmont is tentatively proposing another public workshop on the regulations for April 7. Without revealing specifics or a direction, Belmont […]
More than 200 Waldport-area residents get their first COVID-19 vaccination Thursday as Lincoln County clinics move south
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After two months of mass clinics in Newport and Lincoln City, the COVID-19 vaccine came to Waldport on Thursday. Some 215 south Lincoln County residents got their first dose of the Moderna vaccine at the first of planned weekly clinic, shuttled through in groups of 6-7 every 10 minutes at the […]
After 3 hours of heated debate, Oregon Senate passes legislation Thursday banning guns from state buildings
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau All firearms would be barred from state buildings, and local governments would have the option of barring them from their own buildings, under a bill that is halfway through the Oregon Legislature. The Senate voted 16-7 on Thursday for Senate Bill 554. It goes to the House after a debate […]
Oregon state budget for 2021-23 begins to take shape without major cuts and lots of federal help
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau The co-leaders of the Oregon Legislature’s budget committee have laid out their framework for balancing the next two-year state budget with more than $2 billion in federal aid from President Joe Biden’s pandemic recovery plan. The framework, which they announced Wednesday, will enable lawmakers to maintain state aid to public […]
Oregon coronavirus for Thursday, March 25: 422 new cases, 4 in Lincoln County; 36,915 vaccinations, 2 new deaths
Oregon reports 422 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths PORTLAND — There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,370, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Oregon Health Authority reported 422 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. […]
OHA director says virus variants and vaccine deliveries are challenging Oregon fight against COVID-19
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The appearance in Oregon of a more contagious and virulent variant of the COVID-19 virus is concerning for health officials racing to vaccinate up to three million more Oregonians, after the state hit the one million vaccine mark on Wednesday. “Today marks an important milestone in our state — […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Wednesday, March 24: 379 new cases, 5 in Lincoln County; 28,655 vaccinations, 1 new death
Oregon reports 379 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death PORTLAND — There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,368, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Oregon Health Authority reported 379 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. […]
Struggling movie theaters throughout Oregon see potential state grants as the right ticket
By KEVIN HARDEN/Oregon Capital Bureau Movie theater owners across Oregon who have spent a tense year watching their revenue drop to nearly zero hope new legislation offers financial relief. A bill introduced March 16 by Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, would fund state grants for movie theaters hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. House Bill 3376 […]
With increase in COVID-19 cases, Lincoln County moves from “low” to “moderate” risk category on Friday, tightening some restrictions
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A small increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County will mean slightly tighter restrictions on some businesses and social gatherings starting Friday. Because of the increase, the Oregon Health Authority is moving the county from the “low risk” category – where it has […]