By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – After weeks of frustration and months of waiting for repairs, the only public laundromat in south Lincoln County should reopen by the end of […]
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Wyden schedules in-person “town hall” meeting Monday in Newport
NEWPORT – Lincoln County is on the stop-over list for Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. during town halls he has scheduled between Saturday and Jan. 20. Wyden on Wednesday announced the […]
With more help on the way, Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies return to 4-day, 10-hour patrol shifts
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews With nine new deputies in training or at the state police academy, Lincoln County patrol deputies returned to their old shift schedule this week after a […]
After some cold and hot, some wet and dry, weather on central Oregon coast in 2022 turned out to be fairly normal
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – A cold spring, a rainy June and December, and a warm, dry September and October all ended up combining to make 2022 a very […]
Lighting the way for 150 years: Yaquina Head Lighthouse spruced up in preparation for sesquicentennial
By TOM BANSE/Northwest News Network/OPB NEWPORT — The stewards of Oregon’s tallest lighthouse are sprucing up the popular landmark on Oregon’s central coast for its 150th anniversary this year. The […]
OSU student missing for two weeks found dead on Marys Peak
A 22-year-old missing Oregon State University student was found dead on Marys Peak in Benton County on Sunday, the Corvallis Police Department said. Just before 5 p.m., volunteers helping with […]
Oregon Supreme Court rules that hundreds of people convicted by non-unanimous juries deserve new trials
By RYAN HAAS and CONRAD WILSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting In a series of rulings Friday, the Oregon Supreme Court found that hundreds of people in the state’s prisons who were convicted […]
Housing will be Oregon Legislature’s top focus in 2023, Democratic leader says
Oregon needs more construction and public sector workers to increase its housing stock. (Getty Images) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Housing will remain a top focus when the Oregon Legislature […]
Harney County judge’s order Tuesday will allow gun sales without completed background checks after 3 days
A Harney County judge decided Tuesday that the state cannot bar gun sales if a required background check is not completed within three days. (Connor Radnovich/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By BEN […]
Federal probe into Cowlitz tribe casino gives insights into Grand Ronde and Siletz tensions over Salem location
By JEFF MANNING/The Oregonian/OregonLive The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is handing over thousands of pages of documents to the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a preliminary probe into potential […]