James Ryen as Caliban, left, and Kevin Kenerly as Prospero share a dramatic moment in an early production of 2022’s “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare at the Allen Elizabethan Theatre. OSF will shorten its season in 2023. (Jenny Graham photo) By JIM FLINT/Ashland.news ASHLAND — In a cost-cutting measure to cope with declining attendance […]
Archives for September 2022
It’s the fall political season, so some reminders and tips on letter writing, story commenting from YachatsNews
To YachatsNews readers: It’s that time of year – political season and the fall when people may be paying more attention to news – when I need to take the opportunity to remind some folks of some letters and commenting guidelines and practices at YachatsNews. We started offering time and space two years ago […]
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate rises slightly in August
Just like the statewide unemployment rate, Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly in August for the first time in almost two years. Lincoln County’s unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in August, the Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday, an increase from 4.7 in July. The rate was 6.3 percent the year before. Oregon’s unemployment […]
Seal Rock and Central Coast fire departments may not have intergovernmental agreement, but will talk about “automatic” aid
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK — As one cooperative agreement goes up in smoke between Seal Rock Rural Fire Protection District and Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue, will another take its place to ensure fire safety for both communities? Maybe. There are actually three separate agreements between the neighboring fire districts — mutual […]
Two renown OSU marine biologists inducted into prestigious academies
Bruce Menge, the Distinguished University Professor of Integrative Biology and the Wayne and Gladys Valley Chair of Marine Biology at Oregon State University, was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Sept. 10, in Cambridge, Mass. The same day as Menge’s induction ceremony, his wife, OSU distinguished professor Jane Lubchenco, was inducted by Pope […]
Housing Authority of Lincoln County selects new leader
NEWPORT – The executive director of Benton County Habitat for Humanity has been hired to lead the Housing Authority of Lincoln County. Karen Rockwell replaces Kathy Kowtko, who joined the Housing Authority in 1983, and was named executive director in 2018. Kowtko is retiring. Rockwell had been executive director of the Benton County organization since […]
Kevin Greenwood of Waldport hired as Port of Hood River director
WALDPORT – Kevin Greenwood of Waldport has been named executive director of the Port of Hood River, the port’s board announced last week. Greenwood has been serving as director of the port’s effort to replace its toll bridge across the Columbia River for the past five years, a project estimated to cost $400 million to […]
Lincoln County and others lose again — Oregon Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of $1 billion timber verdict
Logging trucks roll down Santiam Highway in front of the Detroit Ranger Station in this April 15, 2021, photo. By BRADLEY W. PARKS/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from timber counties seeking to maximize logging revenue on 700,000 acres of state forestland. The state’s highest court denied the […]
Frustrated with lack of code enforcement, Yachats planning commission asks city manager to address staffing “as soon as possible”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – For at least the fourth year, an abandoned house on West Second Street in downtown Yachats is overgrown with weeds and blackberries. On the south side of town, a property owner has set up living quarters in a small travel trailer, surrounded it with a tall fence and posted […]
City of Waldport wins $750,000 state grant to begin developing 12-acre Southworth Park in the middle of town
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The city of Waldport has been awarded $750,000 from Oregon State Parks and Recreation to launch the first phase of development of the 12-acre Louis Southworth Park at the intersection of Crestline Drive and Highway 34. The grant will allow the city to move forward with building a playground, […]