By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Yachats city councilor who sought the mayor’s office four years ago is facing off against the chair of a city commission frustrated by the council’s inaction on a number of issues the past two years. But whether Councilor Ann Stott or Parks & Commons Commission chair […]
Archives for October 2022
Ask YRFPD board for more financial details before approving levy
To the editor: In the past couple of days, I have been able to peruse a couple of Yachats Facebook sites. Some of the comments I have seen on Measure 21-214 – the local option levy for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District — make no sense. What some people have indicated is they plan […]
Two appointees and one commission member vying for two seats on five-member Yachats city council
YACHATS – While not quite as crowded a field as two years ago, there are choices for city of Yachats voters Nov. 8 when it comes to electing two council members. Two councilors appointed in 2020 and 2021 – Mary Ellen O’Shaugnessey and Anthony Muirhead — are seeking their first election. Catherine Whitten-Carey, a member […]
New engineering study of Little Log Church Museum gives Yachats council hope that it can be repaired next year
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats city council may finally have found an engineering report and estimate to repair its shuttered Little Log Church Museum that it likes. A Newport engineering company that regularly works with the city presented a 32-page report to the council Wednesday, outlining what it found needed work – […]
Oregon student attendance, graduation rates down since pandemic, new state analysis finds
A new analysis of data from Oregon schools during the 2021-22 school year shows statewide school staffing levels are rebounding from pandemic declines, but on-time graduation rates have dropped and chronic absenteeism remains a problem. (Rachel Parsons/Malheur Enterprise) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A new analysis of data from Oregon schools during the 2021-22 school […]
The Oregon governor’s race: Candidates have different views on how to improve mental health care
By HOLLY DILLEMUTH/Ashland.news With a recent national report putting Oregon 50th in the nation for mental health care, major candidates for governor advocate divergent ways to improve the situation: Tina Kotek sees implementing Measure 110 as part of the solution, Betsy Johnson wants local agencies to find fixes the state can back, and Christine […]
In a close race for Oregon governor, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin flies in to lead rally for GOP nominee Christine Drazan
Oregon Republican nominee for governor Christine Drazan, in pink, and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, in red, campaign together at a wedding venue in Aurora, Oregon. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle AURORA – Republican Rep. Shelly Boshart Davis of Albany had a piece of trivia for the Christine Drazan supporters who filled […]
Oregon survey says most believe some type of homeless shelter should be guaranteed – but not how to do it
By ZACK DEMARS/Oregon Capital Bureau Most Oregonians agree that shelter should be guaranteed, but they don’t always agree on how to make that a reality. That’s one takeaway from a September survey from the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center, a non-partisan polling and survey nonprofit. More than 70% of people surveyed said the state should […]
The Oregon governor’s race: What the three candidates say they would do to help state’s economy
Third in a 6-part series. Thursday: Health By MIKE McINALLY/YachatsNews.com The governor of Oregon doesn’t have much control over the larger economic forces that determine whether the state’s economy is going to boom – or bust. “Mahonia Hall doesn’t set monetary policy,” said Betsy Johnson, one of the candidates who could move into the […]
GOP nominee Alek Skarlatos has money edge in Oregon’s 4th Congressional district, but some polls still favoring Val Hoyle
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Two of three Democrats running in competitive Oregon congressional districts raised more money for their campaigns over the summer and early fall than their opponents, federal campaign finance records show. Reports filed over the weekend show fundraising and spending between July 1 and Sept. 30. During those three months and […]