By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Three veterans are nearing completion of a self-assigned rescue mission. The trio of former Marines will arrive in Newport on foot Saturday, 10 days after the […]
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Almost 20 years after Lincoln County commissioners declined to change a racist road name east of Waldport, the county now appears poised to rename it for […]
By MICHAEL MILSTEIN/NOAA Fisheries The black-and-white pattern of a killer whale stood out to an Oregon fisherman 30 miles southwest of Newport. He spotted it at 1:47 p.m. June […]
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Vacation rental owners in unincorporated Lincoln County have a new set of rules to follow next year, as county commissioners prepare for the most controversial aspect […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Harney County Circuit Court judge on Thursday blocked a new voter-approved Oregon law banning the sale of large-capacity firearms magazines with more than 10 […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Monsanto Co. will pay Oregon a $698 million settlement to end litigation tied to its alleged role in polluting the state with […]
A view from the Elliott State Research Forest near Coos Bay. By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A state forest with some of the last and largest swathes of old-growth trees […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — For more than 10 years, Oregon governors have enforced a moratorium on executions. In one of her last acts as governor, Kate Brown […]
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By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Lincoln County schools’ superintendent will retire June 30 after five years leading the district, including facing two major crises for much of her tenure. Superintendent Karen […]
