By GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The first day of spring could be a new beginning in the COVID-19 pandemic, with the likely lifting of indoor masking mandates, a state report […]
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Former dance hall and roller rink in downtown Waldport is quickly demolished Thursday, developer open to “any good ideas”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – It didn’t take long Thursday for a 91-year-old blighted building in downtown Waldport to bite the dust. A large track hoe and debris trucks […]
Oregon Supreme Court upholds decision to keep former NYT columnist Nick Kristof from running for governor
Kristof didn’t prove that he lived in Oregon by November 2019, court said Nick Kristof speaks Thursday at his campaign headquarters in downtown Portland. He said the Oregon Supreme Court’s […]
Harassing county and state election officials could mean prison time under proposal in Oregon Legislature
Plan from Secretary of State Shemia Fagan would let election workers keep their addresses secret Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker found 6-foot-tall painted white letters saying “VOTE DONT WORK. NEXT […]
State land-use agency says it has no jurisdiction over new Lincoln County short-term rental rules, sends appeal to circuit court
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The legal fight over Lincoln County’s new restrictions on vacation rentals will likely take place in local court, not before the Oregon Land Use Board of […]
Despite focus on wildfires in public forests, new OSU study says majority of fires start on private lands
By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service CORVALLIS – Research led by Oregon State University shows that fires are more likely to burn their way into national forests than out of […]
Republican legislators serving large portions of Oregon have tough time advancing their agenda in 2022 session
If Republicans had power, the legislative session would be dominated by talk of tax cuts, school choice and clipping Gov. Kate Brown’s wings A sign for the House Republican caucus […]
Proposal to pay farmworkers overtime overcomes first hurdle in Oregon Legislature
The first vote on the plan, which would establish a 40-hour workweek, is partisan, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed A bill that would give Oregon farmworkers overtime pay […]
Pushed by the coronavirus pandemic, Oregon — and especially the coast — experiences another record year of outdoors use
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal It was another record-smashing year for the number of people who hiked, camped and explored Oregon’s outdoors, but whether that’s a good or bad […]
Popular Green Bike Co-op may soon be pedaling to a new home in the former Waldport Heritage Museum building
WALDPORT – It looks like the popular Green Bike Co-op could have a new home and the former Waldport Heritage Museum a new occupant. The cooperative, which has operated […]