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 one of its marquee annual events, the Winter Music Festival. During the year and a half closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city-owned Florence […]
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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 month. Ten Mile Creek Sanctuary, located just south of Yachats and owned by Portland Audubon, will increase from its current size of 220 acres to […]
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 and Health Systems, warned the public on Thursday that hospital numbers are rising. BY LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The leader of Oregon’s hospital association warned […]
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 Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon capital Chronicle Nick Kristof’s actions over the past two decades establish that he was a resident of New York until […]
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 help slow the virus’ spread. The number of reported Covid-19 cases in the county hit 1,321 during the first 20 days of the month, including […]
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 his wife, Gerry (Geraldine) and daughter, Julie. Born in Toledo, Foss began the nursery business with his second wife, Love, at a site along Highway […]
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 day will be Feb. 1. Barker, 37, will lead a workforce of approximately 200 located at offices in Siletz, Eugene, Salem and Portland. He has […]
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 staff shortages that have caused districts to shift to online learning. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Last October, the state of Oregon […]
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 Yachats’ next city manager. Heide Lambert was one of three finalists for the Yachats job in the fall but withdrew her application when she said […]
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 outside the Willamette Valley. DeHoog will replace Brown appointee Lynn Nakamoto, who retired at the end of 2021. He joins fellow Brown appointees Rebecca Duncan, […]