By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Following a 90-minute hearing Friday, Lincoln County circuit judge Joseph Allison said he hopes to rule by the end of the week on challenges to the […]
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Oregon State and Washington State reach financial agreement with 10 departing Pac-12 schools
By The Athletic Oregon State University and Washington State University have reached an agreement in principle with the 10 departing Pac-12 schools to settle their ongoing legal battle over control […]
Lincoln County makes small gains in population over past year, but long-term trends point to rural workforce issues
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Lincoln County, like 30 of Oregon’s 36 counties, gained population last year, according to new population estimates released this week by Portland State University’s Population Research […]
Oregon DHS offers record $40 million to settle lawsuit from four abused foster children
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Oregon Department of Human Services has agreed to pay $40 million to settle a lawsuit filed by four former foster children who […]
Closure of well-known Yachats bar isn’t so final after all with owner’s change of heart
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – With no more fanfare than a Facebook post, the Yachats Underground Pub & Grub re-opened Wednesday after closing suddenly and supposedly permanently just two […]
Fireworks in unincorporated areas of Lincoln County could be banned as soon as Jan. 3 under revised ordinance
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The sale, possession and use of any fireworks will be prohibited in unincorporated areas of Lincoln County beginning in January under a revised ordinance that commissioners […]
Tight labor market among factors hampering Oregon Measure 110, new audit finds
By CONRAD WILSON/Oregon Public Broadasting Oregon’s controversial, voter-backed drug decriminalization and treatment law has generated more than $260 million to expand recovery services to “highly vulnerable people,” according to an […]
In a major shift, Northwest tribes — not power agency — will control Columbia basin salmon recovery funds
By TONY SCHICK/Oregon Public Broadcasting When the Biden administration said it had reached a “historic” legal deal with Northwest Indigenous tribes last week to save endangered salmon, no one could […]
It’s winter whale watching season along the Oregon coast as thousands of gray whales migrate south
By MICHAEL EDWARDS/Oregon Coast TODAY A pregnant female gray whale rises from the murky shallows of the Chukchi Sea. As she nears the surface, a trail of mud passes […]
Oregon Court of Appeals rules state’s landmark climate change regulations invalid on a technicality
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s second highest court ruled in favor of natural gas utilities seeking to invalidate the state’s landmark climate program. The state’s Court of […]