By SAM STITES/Oregon Public Broadcasting Rep. Kurt Schrader will assuredly face a challenge from the left if he seeks the Democratic nomination for Oregon’s fifth congressional district in 2022 — […]
Archives for 2021
Council in southern Oregon coast city of Brookings limits number of meals churches can feed homeless
By ALEX HASENSTAB/Oregon Public Broadcasting Churches in the southern Oregon coast city of Brookings are now restricted to offering free meals to the homeless just twice a week. The City […]
Racist slurs shuts down Oct. 21 meeting of Oregon advisory committee on historic preservation
By KEVIN HARDEN/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation abruptly ended its Oct. 21 online meeting when someone watching the session began writing racist slurs. An hour […]
Oregon Board of Forestry names Calvin Mukumoto of Coos Bay as new state forest leader
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Board of Forestry on Friday picked a forester from Coos Bay to lead the Oregon Department of Forestry. Calvin Mukumoto, a former member […]
White House: Oregon’s new single-family zoning law could be model for nation
House Speaker Tina Kotek addresses the chamber during a legislative special session on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s […]
Investigator for lawyers in class action suit says Echo Mountain fire and three others in 2020 likely caused by PacificCorp equipment
By CASSANDRA PROFITA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Four of the fires that burned across Oregon on Labor Day of 2020 were likely caused by equipment owned by PacifiCorp, according to a […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Oct. 25-28
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21302570 10/25/2021 12:50 Officer #55167 WERTZ, DAVID Crash – Non-injury Location 229, Mile post 28 28 SB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary (ecrash) On 10/25/21 at approximaely 12:50 […]
Two finalists for Yachats city manager make final pitches for the job, council to vote on selecting one next Thursday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The two candidates to become Yachats City manager made their last pitches for the job Thursday night, one week before the City Council is scheduled to offer […]
After finding Yachats lacking in bicycle racks, avid cyclist Jocko Doss pedaled into action — and now first three are ready for city’s OK
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com It took the disappearance of an old bike rack in downtown Yachats for Jocko Doss to realize how few there were in the city. That’s about […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Thursday, Oct. 28: 1,116 new cases overall, 15 in Lincoln County; vaccinations at 80 percent
Oregon reports 1,116 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 24 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 24 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,358, […]