By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Don Dougherty is getting a birthday party and a sendoff. Dougherty, 64, who lived in and around Yachats for the last 30 years, died […]
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Agencies break ground for low-income apartment complex in Lincoln City
LINCOLN CITY – Officials from four nonprofits and government agencies broke ground last week on a 44-unit apartment complex for low-income residents. Known as Wecoma Place, the four-story building at […]
Columbia Bank is selling its branches in Waldport and Newport, but their new owner — whoever they are — will continue to operate them
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Columbia Bank is selling – but not closing — its branch offices in Waldport and Newport as a proposed merger with Umpqua Bank nears […]
Yachats-area artist changes coasts, careers and now finishing up three years of grueling botanical illustration studies
By Oregon ArtsWatch YACHATS — If life had gone according to plan, Dana LaMair and her husband, Mark, would be living the life on a cruiser somewhere off the […]
Mayors from Oregon cities big and small say they will press 2023 Legislature for more help to fight homelessness
People set up a mini-homeless camp on the edge of Southeast 28th Street in Portland in September 2022. (Fred Joe/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle More than two […]
Celeste McEntee will help bring change to Oregon
To the Editor: On Tuesday, Nov. 8 we have the opportunity to elect a new representative for Oregon House District 10. It is an opportunity for change and a new […]
Gomberg will help protect a woman’s reproductive rights
To the editor: With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it has become very important that Oregon elected officials stand up for women’s bodily autonomy and protect this most fundamental […]
Still unsure about 4 Oregon measures on Nov. 8 ballot? Here’s a rundown of what they would do — or not do
By ALEXIS WEISEND and ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregonians are deciding on four measures affecting health care, criminal sentencing, gun safety and the ability of state lawmakers to stall legislation. […]
New statewide survey shows Oregonians growing more concerned about where economy is headed
By MICHAEL KOHN/Oregon Capital Bureau An increasing number of Oregonians are concerned about the state of the economy, the latest case of public disillusionment with the direction the state is […]
With two competing offers for downtown Waldport property, Lincoln County School District pulls back to re-think best use
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Faced suddenly with at least two competing offers for the former Seashore Family Literacy and Waldport school property in the middle of downtown, the […]