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 approved vaccinated sections at arenas, theaters and other businesses. “We are thrilled to partner with the Governor and Oregon Health Authority as the first indoor […]
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, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Oregon Health Authority reported 284 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. […]
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 that has cleared the Oregon House. House Bill 3291 was approved on a 39-21 vote Monday, May 24, and goes to the Senate. The 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 her motorhome while towing a Honda Fit when she noticed smoke to the rear. She pulled over and eventually the Honda Fit began to catch […]
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 in short-term rentals on the dune, it is a shorter walk from their doorsteps to the tinder-dry beach grass before the beach. On May 16, […]
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 firefighter, possibly buy a used fire engine to replace an old, troublesome one, and pay off a $86,000 loan for air packs purchased this year. […]
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 the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. Oregon Health Authority reported 334 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. […]
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, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Oregon Health Authority reported 504 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. […]
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 coronavirus pandemic is easing. But unlike more than 20 states — all of them with Republican governors — Oregon has no plans to stop supplemental […]
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 to hold up their signs. “Black Lives Matter” “Respect Black Lives” “Stop killing Black people” “Old hippie for Black Lives” They show up when it’s […]