By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com FLORENCE — Undeterred by the surge of the Omicron variant, the Florence Events Center is ready to open its doors next weekend for the return of […]
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Ten Mile Creek Sanctuary south of Yachats getting significant expansion with the $150,000 purchase of two adjacent forest parcels
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Barring any unexpected hiccups, one of the central Oregon coast’s largest and oldest protected forest sanctuaries will expand significantly by the end of the […]
Oregon hospital association president says facilities heading toward ‘breaking point’ with Covid-19 patients
More than 1,000 patients with Covid-19 are hospitalized but state numbers don’t yet indicate that hospitals are in crisis Becky Hultberg, president and CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals […]
Oregon Justice Department lawyers urge state Supreme Court to keep Kristof off ballot
Kristof has continued campaigning and fundraising during his appeal Nick Kristof, Democratic candidate for Oregon governor, greets a guest at a Portland business summit on Dec. 6, 2021. (Ron Cooper/Oregon […]
Health officials warn that Lincoln County is being “overwhelmed” by new Covid-19 cases, urges booster shots, masks and social distancing
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Public Health said Thursday that the county is being “overwhelmed” by new Covid-19 cases and urged residents to get a vaccine booster shot to […]
Funeral service is Tuesday for longtime Yaquina Nursery owner Roy Foss
YACHATS — Roy Edward Foss, known widely as co-owner of Yaquina Nursery on Yachats River Road, died Jan. 12. He was 86. With him at his death in Newport were […]
Siletz Tribe names Kurtis Barker as its new general manager
SILETZ — Kurtis Barker, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, has been named the new general manager of the Siletz Tribe, the tribe announced Wednesday. His first […]
It was mostly smaller Oregon school districts who used ‘emergency’ teachers to help fill staff shortages, state data shows
State data shows that districts around the state kept classrooms going with newly-licensed temporary teachers Big school districts in Oregon have not been issued many temporary emergency teaching licenses despite […]
Nonprofit executive who is also a Waldport council member re-emerges as finalist for Yachats city manager’s job
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Waldport city councilor who is the head of a Lincoln and Tillamook county nonprofit is now the leading and lone candidate to become […]
Oregon gets a new Supreme Court justice, the first from outside the Willamette Valley
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday picked appeals court Judge Roger DeHoog as her sixth appointment to the Oregon Supreme Court, and the only one from […]