By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon employment officials are preparing for a monumental undertaking: the launch of the state’s new paid leave program. The program, Paid Leave Oregon, covers […]
Archives for August 2023
Tidewater man jailed on seven charges, $500,000 bail after fight with neighbor
TIDEWATER – A 69-year-old Tidewater man is in the Lincoln County jail after his arrest Wednesday on seven charges including a bias crime after a fight stemming from a long-running […]
After two years of toil, owners open Cafe Chill in downtown Waldport in vastly remodeled video store
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Diana Buckley finally has the coffee shop that she has been dreaming about. But it’s really more than that. Café Chill is open in […]
Support at public meeting on tourist trolley encourages Yachats chamber director to keep pursuing idea, grants
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Maybe there is such a thing as a free ride. At least if the impromptu show of hands during a community meeting Wednesday evening […]
Armed with nets, Sharpies and glitter pens, silverspot researchers spend the summer tracking threatened butterfly
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Izzy Bur kneels on the ground to avoid the brunt of a howling wind that rakes across the salt-spray meadow overlooking the ocean south of Rock […]
Proposal for Oregon’s first large-scale solar park and farm meets opposition from Willamette Valley farmers
In solar grazing farms, sheep and other livestock are able to eat weeds, grasses and plants on the same land that’s used to host solar panels for clean energy generation. […]
NOAA scientists tracking large marine heat wave that’s raised Oregon coastal temperatures by 7 degrees
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A large marine heat wave that has developed each of the past four years has scientists watching closely to see how long it lasts and […]
Lincoln County issues emergency notice for heat, weather through Thursday
The following is a message from Lincoln County, LINCOLN ALERTS, emergency notifications and community information. To view this message in other languages, please visit Member Portal. Para ver este mensaje en otros […]
Night work on Yaquina Bay bridge will snarl traffic for 2 weeks
NEWPORT – Allow a little more time getting into or out of downtown Newport for two weeks beginning Sunday. Traffic on the Yaquina Bay bridge will be down to one […]
Waldport man accused of sex abuse in June 2022 incident
A Waldport man faces two counts of first-degree sex abuse for allegedly fondling the breasts of a 14-year-old girl June 1, 2022. Jeremy T. Mabe, 49, was arrested Wednesday and […]