By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Health Authority plans to offer a digital vaccine card to Oregonians next spring. It is not a passport: The technology is designed as […]
Archives for November 2021
Oregon’s new congressional map is now final, as GOP officials don’t appeal boundaries
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s bruising fight over new political maps is now over. Winner: Democrats. A group of former Republican elected officials challenging new congressional districts has elected […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Nov. 23-28
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21328425 11/23/2021 08:10 Officer #55167 WERTZ, DAVID Crash – Non-injury Location 101, Mile post 163 163 SB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary (ecrash) On 11/23/21 at approximately 8:10 […]
Coast Guard members in Newport and North Bend are honored for heroism
U.S. Coast Guard 13th District PA Detachment Astoria Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment Astoria Office: (503) 861-6380 After Hours: (206) 220-7237 PA Detachment Astoria online newsroom Two Oregon-based Coast Guardsmen receive […]
Oregon governor calls special legislative session Dec. 13 on rental aid, protection for tenants
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown has called a special session of the Oregon Legislature to extend temporary protections against eviction for tenants awaiting rental assistance. She also […]
Annual kids’ breakfast with Santa is Saturday at the Yachats Commons
YACHATS – Children can enjoy snacks and coloring while their parents collect free holiday gifts for them from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday when the Yachats Youth and Family […]
Yachats Fire gets new-to-it engine from Newport to replace failing pumper after $8,000 anonymous gift
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Maybe by Christmas Yachats-area residents will be seeing a new – well, not exactly new – fire engine racing to emergency calls. With an […]
New COVID-19 variant raises concerns — but mostly questions from Oregon health officials — as delta spike fades
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The newly discovered omicron variant of COVID-19 is raising concerns just as Oregon hit two key markers in its recovery from the deadly delta […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, Nov 29: 2,598 cases over five days; 35 in Lincoln County; 27 new deaths
Oregon reports 2,598 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 27 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 27 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 5,142, […]
Corvallis bicyclist killed Sunday in Highway 34 collision east of Alsea
ALSEA – A 78-year-old bicyclist from Corvallis was killed Sunday when she and a truck collided at the intersection of Oregon Highway 34 and Decker Road east of Alsea. The […]