YACHATS – It rained just a tiny bit in July – as usual – but prodigious spring rains has the city’s water supply in very good shape for the driest […]
Yachats area gets only a little rain in July, but water supply in very good shape
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Archives for August 2022
Tidewater man dies Saturday after car crash near Mapleton
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A 24-year-old Tidewater man died Saturday at a Lane County hospital following a two-vehicle crash Thursday on Oregon Highway 126 near Mapleton. Oregon State Police said that Timothy Cooper died […]
Team of scientists, including one from OSU, says breaching Lower Snake River dams would aid salmon recovery
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By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service CORVALLIS – A team of scientists, including one from Oregon State University, concluded in a recent paper that breaching four dams in the Lower Snake […]
New state audit outlines myriad problems of Oregon Employment Department before and during pandemic
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A job center in North Portland run by the Oregon Employment Department. An audit from the Oregon Secretary of State’s office details OED’s numerous problems as it struggled to keep […]
Mystery group — likely from Georgia — sending anti-Democrat mailers to Oregon voters but hasn’t filed state reports
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Oregon voters received mailers like this one shared by a source that attack legislative Democrats. (Submitted) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Earlier this month, some Oregon voters began receiving glossy […]
Fall Chinook fishing expected to be good on central Oregon coast bays and rivers — and could include short coho seasons
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Anglers on the central Oregon coast may be in for “good to very good” fishing Monday when coastal bays and streams open for salmon fishing. While […]
Oregon’s electric utilities submit final plans to prevent wildfires, shutoffs as season ramps up
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Oregon’s electric utilities submitted first-ever plans for mitigating wildfire risks and protecting public safety. (Flickr) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Nearly all of Oregon’s 41 electric utilities have […]
Unusual three-way race for Oregon governor is already generating a pile of campaign cash
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By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A $100,000 check from a longtime conservative Oregon political donor to Republican Christine Drazan. One for $100,000 to Betsy Johnson’s insurgent campaign from a […]