By LYNNE TERRY and BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle For nearly three years, Oregon’s hospitals have faced surge after surge of patients sick with COVID-19. They filled hospital rooms, overflowed into […]
Archives for December 2022
BM 114 gun restrictions didn’t take effect Thursday as Oregon Supreme Court allows Harney County judge’s temporary hold
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Supreme Court has declined to intervene and block a Harney County judge’s order that temporarily stops a voter-approved firearms measure from going […]
No crab for Christmas as latest tests delays Dungeness season until at least Dec. 31 for Oregon’s 300 boats
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews NEWPORT — Oregon’s ocean commercial Dungeness crab season will not open until at least Dec. 31 after a new round of testing showed lingering levels of […]
Gun deaths in Oregon have been increasing, but nonfatal injuries rising more dramatically, new research says
By MAX EGENER/Oregon Capital Bureau Gun deaths have been increasing in Oregon for years. But new research is making the full toll of gun violence in the state more clear. […]
Family’s fight over control of large Waldport concrete company ends up in court — and with judge’s restraining order
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – A company that supplies much of the concrete in Lincoln County is embroiled in a bitter family dispute over its operation and ownership, leading […]
Samaritan hospice holding “Grief and the Holidays” workshop Dec. 16
NEWPORT — Samaritan Evergreen Hospice is hosting a free workshop to entitled “Grief and the Holidays” from 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 and the Center for Health Education in Newport. […]
Federal government launches first offshore wind energy leases for central and northern California; Oregon next
GILLIAN FLACCUS/Associated Press Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast. The live, online auction for […]
In late-night court filing Sunday, Oregon attorney general says state should delay gun permit process until February
By MAXINE BERNSTEIN/The Oregonian/OregonLive Two days after telling a federal judge that Oregonians will be able to apply for a permit to buy a gun by the end of this week, […]
Discussion and possible vote on roles, rules for Yachats’ commissions put off until new members join city council in January
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – A city council discussion – and at least one proposal – to change how three city commissions operate stalled last week when one member […]
Clogged or damaged pipe shuts Waldport’s public RV dump station
WALDPORT – The city of Waldport this week hopes to diagnose the problem and repair whatever has clogged the pipe at its public RV dump station on Southwest Starr […]