Oregon reports 2,414 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 43 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 43 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,198, […]
Archives for August 2021
Looking beyond what divides us: Opinion poll company and two news organizations look for participants from Lincoln County
By Adam Davis, John Schrag and Amaury Vogel/for YachatsNews.com As opinion researchers and longtime journalist, we have spent decades exploring the divides in Oregon — the political divide, the […]
Oregon Legislature’s redistricting “road show” hearings will be held virtually because of COVID-19
By GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Political redistricting hearings around the state next month have been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns, legislative leaders have decided. The House and Senate redistricting committees […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, Aug. 30: 5,545 new cases over three days; 110 in Lincoln County; 40 more deaths — all but 3 in southern or eastern Oregon counties
Oregon reports 5,545 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 40 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 40 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,155, […]
Southwest Airlines begins service out of Eugene airport, adding direct flights to Oakland and Las Vegas
The Eugene Airport welcomed its first Southwest Airline flight Sunday from Las Vegas, beginning daily service to both Las Vegas and Oakland, Calif. After landing, the airport celebrated the airline’s […]
As deaths from COVID-19 rise, Tillamook and Josephine counties request refrigerated trucks to hold bodies
By ANDREW SELSKY/The Associated Press The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly that two counties have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies, the state emergency […]
Rise in COVID-19 cases means cuts again for all-volunteer Yachats library
The new wave of Delta variant COVID cases in Lincoln County has claimed another victim — the expanded “open” hours at the Yachats Public Library. The all-volunteer library will still […]
University of Oregon and state agency develop new website to help coastal residents identify tsunami evacuation routes
By Victoria Sanchez/OU News Service The University of Oregon has partnered with the state to build a web-based platform that directs Oregon coastal communities to evacuation routes in the event of a tsunami. The UO InfoGraphics Lab and Location […]
Contribution from Siletz tribe allows master gardeners to install raised beds at Yachats site
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com If gardening at ground level is troublesome, consider renting one of the new raised beds installed at the Yachats Demonstration and Community Garden at West Seventh […]
Louis Southworth — a slave who bought his freedom, homesteaded near Waldport and donated land for its first school — is namesake of city’s new park
By CHERI BRUBAKER/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Louis Southworth came to Oregon in the 1850s along the Oregon Trail, a young Black slave owned by a man from Tennessee. He […]