By JAMIE GOLDBERG/The Oregonian/OregonLive Grocery workers at Fred Meyer and Qualify Food Centers stores across Oregon began a weeklong strike Friday morning, alleging the grocery chains are unlawfully withholding key information at the bargaining table. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 said the strike would continue until Dec. 24, squeezing the grocery chains […]
Archives for December 2021
Momentum — with some concerns — builds for federal agencies to try to re-introduce sea otters off the Oregon coast
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com With few exceptions, sea otters haven’t cavorted in the waters off Oregon’s coast since being hunted to extinction during the maritime fur trade of the late 1800s. Now, in a move that is raising eyebrows among commercial fishing interests, an effort is underway to change that by reintroducing sea otters to […]
After disorganized, unorthodox process, Yachats City Council votes 3-2 to offer city manager contract to lone candidate — but uncertainty surrounds acceptance
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday to offer a contract to a new resident who spent the last 12 years overseeing a $10 million, 200-employee nonprofit in Eugene. It was not an inspiring vote to hopefully end the council’s fumbling, divisive and disorganized nine-month homemade search for a […]
Massive boulder that rolled off Heceta Head and closed Highway 101 Saturday turned into rubble Thursday
For a few days at least, the boulder sitting on a pullout on U.S. Highway 101 occupied one of the most coveted spots along the Oregon coast – an unobstructed view of the Heceta Head lighthouse. But the behemoth met its fate Thursday when Oregon Department of Transportation crews used a “boulder buster” to […]
Oregon agency adopts new carbon emission caps on fuel suppliers, major polluters
Oregon’s Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission has approved new regulations to cut emissions in Oregon over the next 30 years. (Salem Reporter photo) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle At a meeting Thursday, Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission voted for new regulations that require the state’s fuel companies to reduce their emissions by 90% during the next 30 […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Thursday, Dec. 16: Breakthrough cases hit 30 percent, 909 new cases, 19 deaths
OHA releases new COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough report OHA’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released Thursday, found that 69.8% of the 4,983 reported COVID-19 cases between Dec. 5 through Dec. 11, occurred in people who were unvaccinated. There were 1,507 breakthrough cases, accounting for 30.2% of all cases. The average age of the breakthrough […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Dec. 13-15
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21346156 12/13/2021 17:05 Officer #56326 LIKENS, AARON Crash – Injury Location 20, Mile post 26 26, Lincoln Narrative Summary On 12/13/2021 a 2014 black Mercedes GLK was traveling Westbound on US-20 when it crossed into the Eastbound lane and crashed into a 2021 Mercedes GLC at around MP26. Both drivers sustained serious injuries […]
Yachats Fire District personnel will get 6 percent cost-of-living raise as board tries to stabilize firefighting staff
YACHATS – Eligible employees of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District will get a 6 percent cost-of-living raise this month. The fire district board voted 3-0 to approve the raise during its monthly meeting Monday. Board chair Katherine Guenther and member Betty Johnston were absent. The cost of living increase was designed to help keep […]
State police cite Dungeness crab fisherman after finding 22 percent of his catch under-sized
Oregon State Police have charged a commercial fisherman from Hebo with cheating on his catch of Dungeness crab after a state biologist noticed that much of the catch he was unloading Dec. 6 was undersized. Richard F. Brown, 56, was cited by OSP game troopers for taking and possessing undersized crab during the unloading […]
Record employment posted in Oregon sectors, but recovery remains uneven, according to state agency report
Kaiser Permanente operates private hospitals, clinics and a research center in the Portland area and clinics elsewhere. They are experiencing severe staffing shortages. (Kaiser Permanente photo) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Oregon Employment Department on Tuesday reported a record number of jobs in construction, wholesale trade and professional and business service sectors, but […]