OREGON STATE POLICE SEEKING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN VEHICULAR ASSAULT-LINCOLN COUNTY (PHOTO) News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: December 22nd, 2021 8:17 PM Downloadable file: Hit_and_Run_1.png On December 13, 2021 […]
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State police arrest log truck driver in September crash that killed Florence paramedic
**UPDATE-ARREST***FATAL CRASH ON HWY 126W-LANE COUNTY News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: December 22nd, 2021 8:27 PM ***Update-Arrest*** On 12-22-2021, the Oregon State Police arrested Shane Tyler McVay […]
Oregon election officials want Kristof to prove residency before he’s certified to run for governor
Nicholas Kristof on his family’s Yamhill farm. (Kristof Farms photo) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof needs to do more to prove […]
Yachats Library ends “open” hours once again due to threat from Covid’s omicron variant
YACHATS — For the second time this year, the threat of a new variant of the COVID virus has shuttered the “open” hours of the Yachats Library. Effective Monday, Dec. […]
After 8-month pause, Yachats Library Commission resumes effort to expand, improve 48-year-old city library
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats Library Commission has re-started its effort to significantly expand the city’s 48-year-old library building, seeking a designer for the interior and soon […]
The holiday spirit shines in south Lincoln County as people celebrate Christmas but also reach out to help the less fortunate
By QUINTON SMITH and CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com They bought socks and blankets for seniors. They gave, packed and distributed hundreds of boxes of food to families in need. They wrote […]
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate finally drops below 6 percent, but still higher than Oregon average
If there’s good holiday news in the economic world, it’s that Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate finally dropped to below 6 percent in November. The Oregon Employment Department reported […]
Oregon faces short staffing and not enough customers to inject 1 million booster shots as Oregon Health Authority works to tie pieces together to guard against omicron
The Oregon Health Authority is still working out the details of its plan to get Covid-19 booster doses into the arms of 1 million more Oregonians. (Getty Images) By LYNNE […]
Alsea Bay boat fire was likely a party gone awry, but brought a response from five agencies, including an overnight helicopter search
WALDPORT – The fire that destroyed a small boat Tuesday night near the mouth of Alsea Bay that drew first responders from three fire agencies, an ambulance service, the […]
Oregon is on the verge of finally signing agreement in national, $26 billion opioid settlement
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregon, one of the last holdout states in joining a $26 billion settlement with the three largest distributors of opioids and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, is […]