Senate Republicans Lynn Findley of Vale, from left, Dennis Linthicum of Klamath Falls, Dick Anderson of Lincoln City, Tim Knopp of Bend, Kim Thatcher of Keizer and Daniel Bonham of […]
Archives for January 2023
Portland-based vacation rental management company lays off 1,300 employees
By Oregon Public Broadcasting Portland-based Vacasa laid off about 1,300 workers on Tuesday or roughly 17% of its workforce. The cuts include the elimination of 240 jobs in Portland. The […]
National environmental group asks federal agency to speed up plans to reintroduce sea otters to Oregon coast
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The Center for Biological Diversity wants the federal government to get moving on a plan to reintroduce sea otters on the Oregon coast. The […]
Oregon’s public defense agency formulating plan on how to spend $10 million to improve legal representation
By CAYLA MIHALOVICH/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Officials have approved a plan for spending $10 million of emergency funding to address Oregon’s public defender crisis, which has left hundreds of […]
Oregon Department of Justice, law firms open free legal advice hotline about abortions
By The Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Oregon Department of Justice has launched a hotline to provide free legal advice to people with legal questions about abortions. Attorney General […]
Lack of quorum again stymies Yachats fire district board
YACHATS – The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board has been unable to hold its first meeting of the year — and decide how to give firefighters enough of a […]
Yachats “Swifty” group seeks funding to expand its aid to migrating birds, builds website, launches video
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — While their winged tenants are wintering in warmer climes, a local group of bird-lovers is expanding to provide more nesting boxes for some migrating […]
Fire destroys abandoned house Sunday north of Yachats
YACHATS – U.S. Highway 101 three miles north of Yachats was closed for nearly two hours Sunday night as firefighters from three departments fought a blaze that destroyed an […]
How a Lincoln City startup took advantage of Oregon DEQ program with lax oversight to net $1.8 million
BY ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Behind a convenience store on Oregon Highway 18 near Sheridan, three electric vehicle charging machines sit wrapped in plastic. They have been there since April […]
OSU’s PacWave energy project north of Waldport signs contracts for miles of cable and construction of electrical substation
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service The last major pieces of the contract to build the wave energy test facility PacWave South near Waldport have been executed, paving the way […]