Oregon State University plans to team with five Oregon tribes on a three-year, $5 million forest restoration effort to improve the resilience of woodlands to climate change using Native American […]
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Legislators told that Oregon needs thousands of construction, government workers to close housing gap
By MIKE McINALLY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s housing shortage is worse today than it was before the start of the Covid pandemic, a state economist told lawmakers last week during a […]
Looking for a Covid vaccine booster? Here’s a list of upcoming public clinics
Looking for the new bivalent booster shot for Covid protection? Lincoln County Public Health and a variety of other organizations – including local pharmacies – are offering more opportunities to […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log Sept. 14-20
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP22247379 09/14/2022 10:24 Officer #44704 KATSIKIS, KELLY Citation – Violation Location 101, Mile post 137 137 NB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary A vehicle was towed to impound […]
Oregon health officials, nurses ambulance companies tell legislators that lack of staff in hospitals is harming some patients
Emergency rooms, like the one at Oregon Health & Science University, are packed. (Christine Torres Hicks/OHSU) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle People in Oregon are dying as a result of […]
Recent Cape Perpetua hook-and-line surveys indicate that fish in marine reserve area are healthy, thriving
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Roy Lowe wasn’t sure what to expect as the state-chartered fishing boat he was aboard recently hovered over a rocky reef 160 feet below the surface […]
One dollar at a time, guests at two Yachats motels are contributing to collaborative’s work and 804 Trail projects
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Almost every time a visitor checks out of the Overleaf Lodge or Fireside Motel, they leave a little behind. Not only the views of […]
Growing economic development nonprofit moving from Newport to community college building in Waldport
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – As it begins implementing a $1 million federal grant, the Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County is moving from a tiny space in Newport […]
Eight social service agencies in Lincoln County will be getting $4.65 million to launch treatment programs funded by Measure 110
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Millions of dollars generated by a controversial, first-of-its-kind Oregon ballot measure will soon be heading to Lincoln County service providers to help cope with substance abuse, […]
Disturbance at Waldport gas station Wednesday lands Yachats man in jail
WALDPORT – A 48-year-old Yachats man is in the Lincoln County jail on $100,000 bond after disturbance Wednesday at the Waldport Shell station and a “high-risk” stop later in a […]