Money will move to just about every part of life in Oregon to aid individuals, families and communities Speaker Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis, presides over the House on Wednesday, Feb. 16, […]
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Siletz tribal members in southern Oregon are leading the effort to revive and spread word of the native Kalapuyan language
By MYERS REECE/Underscore.news On a drizzly January morning, Esther Stutzman’s dining room table is covered with sticky notes, worksheets, notepads and several bulky Kalapuya dictionaries. Seated next to Stutzman […]
Seal Rock Fire board wants to offer chief’s job to Ewing, loses two firefighters and board member and decides to keep negotiating with COCF&R
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – The Seal Rock Fire District board wants to offer the part-time consultant who has been helping the district since October a two-year contract […]
Still wrestling with staffing issues, new Yachats manager again asks for public’s patience with city hall closure
YACHATS – Yachats city manager Heide Lambert is again asking for patience from the public when it comes to dealing with city hall. Lambert, who started as city manager […]
Samaritan medical group in Newport adds surgeon from Mayo Clinic
NEWPORT – Dr. Nathaniel Uecker, a general surgeon specializing in minimally invasive surgery has joined Samaritan Surgical Specialists in Newport. Uecker specializes in laparoscopic gallbladder, hernia and bowel surgery and […]
OSU researcher will lead online webinar March 16 on coastal resilience
NEWPORT – How coast communities can increase their resilience to natural hazards from tsunamis to landslides is the subject of the next online “Hatfield Science on Tap” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, […]
Another long discussion by Yachats council on repairs to Little Log Church ends with 3-2 vote to seek bids for plans — and more frustration
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats City Council voted 3-2 Thursday to seek bids for a structural engineering report so it can get estimates for possible repairs to […]
Oregon’s COVID-19 cases dropping even faster that forecast ahead of governor’s mask timeline next week
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon could fall below 400 patients with COVID-19 in state hospitals within days, but Gov. Kate Brown is not changing the March 12 date […]
From Division 1 basketball to top tier real estate to coaching in Waldport, teaching has always been job No. 1 for Yachats’ D.J. Novgrod
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com One winter day at Yachats’ social hub (the Post Office), a well-known local realtor ran into an acquaintance. “I’ve retired from real estate,” she announced “and […]
Budget plan by key Oregon legislative committee includes projects for Lincoln County and helps Oregonians with housing, child care, job training
Democrats have advanced a $1.4 billion budget that includes affordable housing, education, health care and other priorities. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By LYNNE TERRY, JULIA SHUMWAY and ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital […]