By PAM RADTKE/Floodlight A proposal that would allow industries to permanently stash climate-polluting carbon dioxide beneath U.S. Forest Service land puts those habitats and the people in or near them […]
Archives for December 2023
Habitat plan for state forests in western Oregon could cost counties $18 million a year in timber revenue
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle To avoid major lawsuits under the federal Endangered Species Act, state and federal agencies have crafted a plan to reduce the amount of timber logged […]
Fish & Wildlife Service proposing to shoot barred owls to save spotted owls in the Northwest
By SAGE VAN WING/Oregon Public Broadcasting In November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed shooting over 400,000 barred owls over the next 30 years in order to save endangered […]
County commissioners must try to help protect local watersheds
To the editor: As a resident of South Beach for 25 years, I’ve observed that each summer becomes drier, earlier. I am extremely concerned about the future of water in […]
Donations to Oregon Cultural Trust can help Lincoln County organizations
To the editor For more than two decades, the Oregon Cultural Trust has played an essential role in enriching cultural resources across our state by supporting more than 1,600 nonprofits. […]
Judge will rule that Lincoln County can use business licenses to regulate vacation rentals, but expects appeal
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County’s hotly contested ordinances regulating vacation rentals do not fall under Oregon’s land-use laws and the county can oversee them with its business licensing program, […]
What should Yachats’ lodging tax be? City council begins discussing possible raise from 9 percent to ???
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – There appears to be little question whether Yachats will raise its lodging tax on motels and vacation rentals. What is undecided is the percentage increase […]
Newport bank only bidder for radio station headquarters and tower properties
NEWPORT – Oregon Coast Bank was the only bidder Tuesday when the Lincoln County Sheriff auctioned off the headquarters and two tower properties of financially troubled Yaquina Bay Communications. […]
Some want repeal. Others want tweaks to Measure 110. But nobody seems to want the status quo in Oregon’s drug crisis
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregonians who packed a legislative hearing on the state’s addiction crisis and flooded the Legislature with passionate testimony have vastly different viewpoints, but […]
Group sues Oregon Secretary of State Griffin-Valade to keep Trump off May primary ballot
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The national advocacy group trying to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on primary ballots filed a lawsuit with the Oregon Supreme Court on […]