By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The Thursday tip-off of the playoff game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets will be the first big test for Oregon’s newly […]
Archives for May 2021
Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, May 24: 284 new cases, 1 in Lincoln County; 21,156 vaccinations, 2 more deaths
Oregon reports 284 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 2,624, […]
Oregon House approves bill allowing ballots to be counted if postmarked on election day
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon, the first state to conduct all elections by mail, would join the ranks of states accepting ballots postmarked by election day under a bill […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for May 21-22
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21135005 05/21/2021 11:03 Officer #53134 KOLACZ, BRYAN Miscellaneous, All Other Location US-101, Mile post 122 122, Lincoln Narrative Summary Log Only: The driver was northbound on US-101 driving […]
Illegal fireworks in tinder-dry conditions threaten residents of Bayshore community
To the editor: Since April, illegal fireworks have been terrorizing the permanent residents of the Bayshore community north of Waldport. Not all are set off on the beach. For people […]
Central Oregon Coast fire budget committee OKs 2021-22 spending plan, adding firefighter, paying off loan and possibly replacing engine
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District budget committee has approved a $1.34 million spending plan for 2021-22, which includes money to hire a fourth […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Sunday, May 23: 334 more cases, none in Lincoln County; 29,464 vaccinations, 4 new deaths
Oregon reports 334 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths PORTLAND — There are four new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,622 […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Friday, May 21: 504 new cases, 1 in Lincoln County; 48,028 vaccinations, 7 more deaths
Oregon reports 504 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths PORTLAND — There are seven new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,613, […]
State of Oregon will resume work search requirements for most of those receiving jobless benefits
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Work search requirements will resume in stages for more than 100,000 Oregon workers who receive unemployment benefits, now that the economic downturn triggered by the […]
Every Saturday at 10 a.m. they show up along Highway 101 in Yachats to show that Black Lives Matter. Saturday marked one year
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There’s no real organization. It’s just a group of mostly older folks from Yachats and Waldport who each Saturday morning show up along U.S. Highway 101 […]