By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Scientists are tracking two significant but seemingly separate ocean events they say have the potential to play havoc with a number of fish, crab, squid and […]
Archives for November 2021
17 local groups among the 38 to receive quarterly grants from Siletz Tribal fund
SILETZ — The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund has distributed $123,344 to 38 organizations as it continues its quarterly donations to nonprofit groups. Seventeen of the organizations were in Lincoln […]
Lawsuit over sacred tribal site on Mount Hood will be heard in Ninth Circuit on Tuesday
Wilbur Slockish, hereditary chief of the Klickitat Tribe of the Yakama Indian Nation, and Carol Logan, an elder of the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde, overlook the wilderness on Mount […]
Shrinking seismic grant to remodel downtown Waldport fire station has COCF&R board considering land and entirely new structure
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – New information about the cost of remodeling its fire station in downtown Waldport has the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District board looking […]
Oregon renters who need help urged to get applications in for state aid before Dec. 1 cutoff
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The state agency in charge of helping Oregonians cover their rent has nearly run through the $289 million it received from the federal government and […]
Waldport High School football season comes to an end Friday night with a 63-32 loss to Lost River in OSAA quarterfinals
Waldport High School’s football season ended Friday night in the high desert of southeastern Oregon. Lost River High School of Merrill, Ore. used a punishing ground game and a […]
OSU study predicts climate change will destroy familiar environments, create new ones and undermine efforts to protect sea life
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service CORVALLIS – Climate change is altering familiar conditions of the world’s oceans and creating new environments that could undermine efforts to protect sea life in […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Nov. 10-11
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21316857 11/10/2021 12:15 Officer #50607 TUCKER, BRIAN Crash – Injury Location 18 HWY, Mile post 5 5, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary ***E-CRASH*** On 11/10/21 at approximately 12:14 […]
COVID-19 recovery slows in Oregon as cases plateau, but forecast sees no sign of a new spike
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s rebound from the delta variant spike in COVID-19 has slowed, a new state forecast reported Thursday, and hospitalizations should remain high through February, […]
Siuslaw Forest officials tells homeowner near Forest Hills Street to allow hikers on adjacent, public Starr Creek trail
By QUINTON SMITH/YahatsNews.com After months of complaints by a Yachats trails user, Siuslaw National Forest officials have agreed to resolve a conflict with a homeowner on Forest Hills Street […]