KELCIE GREGA/Oregon Capital Bureau The executive director of the League of Oregon Cities resigned Monday night after he sent private messages on Twitter to Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty calling her “weak” and saying she has “no soul.” The exchange between Beaty and Mike Cully began Friday after Cully announced on his now-deleted Twitter account that […]
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown extends pandemic emergency declaration to prepare for surge in omicron variant
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown has extended a declaration of emergency as the omicron variant emerges in the coronavirus pandemic. The latest order will remain in effect through June 30, 2022 — more than two years after the first one, at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 — unless rescinded […]
Man who killed son in drunk-driving accident north of Seal Rock sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison
NEWPORT — A Cottage Grove man who killed his 20-year-old son in a drunken driving accident just north of Seal Rock in June 2020 was sentenced Monday to nearly 12 years in prison. Christopher Paschall, 52, was sentenced to 11.8 years in prison by Lincoln County Circuit Judge Sheryl Bachart. A jury convicted Paschall Dec. […]
Lincoln County Sheriff Curtis Landers receives top honor from Oregon sheriff’s association
Lincoln County Sheriff Curtis Landers, who started his law enforcement career 34 years ago as a records clerk, has been named sheriff of the year by the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association. Landers received the award last week at the group’s winter conference in Bend. The association said the award is given to someone based on […]
After two years of no meeting minutes, city of Yachats finds someone to do them and decides what to officially call them
YACHATS – For the first time in more than two years, the city of Yachats will have someone taking notes during council and commission meetings — or listening to recordings afterwards – and creating summaries of what occurred. The Yachats City Council agreed last week that it likes several samples of meeting summaries that […]
Oregon’s fourth case of the Covid-19 omicron variant is found in Lane County, health officials announce Monday
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon has its fourth confirmed case of the omicron variant of Covid-19, a person in their 20s who lives in Lane County. The person had been traveling in the United States before testing positive for the virus, health officials said. “The confirmation of omicron in Lane County reminds (us of) […]
Mill City man drowns in boating accident near Newport
NEWPORT – A 55-year-old man from Mill City drowned Friday when a 22-foot dory capsized near Nye Beach after it was struck by a breaking wave on a reef about a mile from the Yaquina Bay’s north jetty. Oregon State Police said in a news release Monday that Cory Thompson was pronounced dead at Samaritan Pacific […]
Lone candidate for Yachats city manager’s job withdraws application Friday night after council’s 3-2 contract vote Wednesday; chides city over unprofessional process
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The lone finalist for the Yachats city manager job has withdrawn her application after concerns she did not have the mayor’s support and because of unprofessional aspects of the city council’s homemade search process. Gretchen Dubie sent a four-sentence email to Mayor Leslie Vaaler and four council members Friday night […]
In race to succeed DeFazio in Congress, Airbnb executive in, Oregon legislators out
Andrew Kalloch is running for Congress in Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District. (Andrew Kalloch photo) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Contenders for Rep. Peter DeFazio’s congressional district — that now includes all of Lincoln County — are shifting. A policy executive at Airbnb is in the race and several legislators have opted out while Democrats in […]
Governor, health experts brace Oregonians for a serious impact from Omicron by February
By LYNNE TERRY and JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle In the past week, the Covid-19 outlook for Oregon shifted dramatically, with the state now facing the prospect of having the highest surge yet of infections and hospitalizations. A new forecast released Friday by Oregon Health & Science University indicates that more than 3,000 people would need […]