By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman-Journal The number of rangers being assaulted and harassed by visitors at Oregon’s state parks has increased over the past three to four years, spurring the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to seek legal changes in the way it handles incidents that can turn violent. At a two-day meeting last week of […]
Archives for April 2022
Resignations of two chiefs and Idanha-Detroit fire board force Marion County commissioners to step in
By BILL POEHLER/Salem Statesman-Journal DETROIT — After a slate of contentious meetings, all five board members – and the fire chief and the acting fire chief – of the Idanha-Detroit Rural Fire Protection District have resigned since the beginning of the year. As of Feb. 25, all that was left in the department were dozens […]
Tuition will be increasing at nearly all Oregon public universities this fall
The University of Oregon is increasing tuition for incoming freshman in the fall of 2022. (Rick Obst/Creative Commons) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Incoming freshmen at nearly all of Oregon’s public universities will pay more for tuition this fall as schools struggle with inflation and budget deficits and face uncertain enrollment with Covid still lingering. […]
Oregon State University names new leader of its Sea Grant Program in Newport, Corvallis
By OSU News Service Karina Nielsen, the leader of a marine science center at San Francisco State University and an Oregon State University alumna, has been named director of Oregon Sea Grant, an OSU-based program that supports marine science, education and outreach in Newport and Corvallis. Nielsen, who earned a doctorate in zoology from OSU […]
A sense of responsibility brings Yachats violin maker out of retirement to restore life and music to 100-year-old harp
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — A musical instrument restorer attracted to ambitious projects came out of retirement to bring one more trounced instrument back to life. This time it was something he’d never worked on before. David Rivinus is a 72-year-old expert restorer and innovative luthier who in the past invested as much as […]
Yachats council asked to take next step in downtown boardwalk project by seeking detailed engineering plans
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – An ambitious proposal to build a 350-foot-long boardwalk overlooking the Yachats River is reaching its first critical test with a key Yachats commission asking the city council to have engineers firm up the project’s design and cost. A preliminary estimate by a Newport engineering firm says the boardwalk along […]
Green Bike Co-op’s house-hunting saga ends happily with move to former museum with lots of space and light
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — It could have been an episode of “House Hunters.” The hunters — the nonprofit Green Bike Co-op of Waldport — needed to leave their dark, chilly 600-square-foot home. The house? A former museum with twice the space, loads of light and ample parking for anyone who would like to […]
Candidate for Lincoln County commission fails to register with state, report contributions and spending for 5 months
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A candidate for Lincoln County commission touting his education and business experience failed to register his campaign with the Oregon Elections Division for five months until Thursday and has not reported contributions or spending over $3,500 as required. Carter McEntee of Newport filed last October for Position 1 on the board of […]
New poll indicates there’s no clear frontrunner in GOP primary for Oregon governor
Republican candidates for governor talk during a break in a debate at the Venetian in Hillsboro on April 7. From left: Stan Pulliam, Bill Sizemore, Christine Drazan, Court Boice, Bridget Barton, Bud Pierce, Tim McCloud, Jessica Gomez and Brandon Merritt (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Few Republican candidates for Oregon governor […]
Yachats woman who lied in 2019 voters pamplet indicted on three fraud charges, scheduled to be sentenced in May
YACHATS – A Yachats woman indicted on three felony charges for violating Oregon election law in 2019 when she was elected to the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board is scheduled to enter a plea and be sentenced May 12 in Lincoln County Circuit Court. A’lyce A. Ruberg, 53, of Yachats was indicted by a […]