By Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — A truly event-full day is happening at the Newport Public Library on Saturday, July 29, where you can enjoy music at Literacy Park, […]
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Voters in Yachats fire district will be asked in November to renew 61-cent tax levy
YACHATS — One year after approving a new, larger tax levy for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District, voters in the district will get a chance to renew a second […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate continues slow decline in June
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate continues to decline slowly but is still significantly higher than the statewide or national rates. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Lincoln County was 4.3 percent […]
Siletz tribal member’s hunt for native foods is also a quest to change 40-year-old Oregon law
By BRIAN BULL/KLCC EUGENE — In a tall, grassy field in West Eugene, a small group of Native Americans dig for camas bulbs, one of their traditional foods. In the […]
Forest Service OKs heavy equipment in south coast wilderness area to fight 20,000-acre wildfire
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The U.S. Forest Service granted permission Sunday for fire crews to use heavy equipment in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness to fight the 20,000-acre Flat Fire. […]
Oregon state Treasurer Read prepares to enter secretary of state race
State Treasurer Tobias Read, pictured at a May rally against higher education budget cuts, plans to run for secretary of state. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon state […]
Yachats’ boardwalk project on Ocean View Drive deserves to be fast-tracked
To the editor: This letter is a copy of one I sent to the Yachats city council in support of fast-tracked construction of the boardwalk and viewing deck (known as […]
Public can drop off hazardous waste Saturday in Waldport for free
WALDPORT – Have a pile of poisons in your garage, a drawer full of old batteries, or florescent lights stacked in a corner? You can get rid of them for […]
Nearly 12,000 Oregonians who have been making student loan payments for 20 years will have debt wiped out
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Nearly 12,000 Oregonians who have been making payments on their federal student loans for at least 20 years will soon find their balances […]
After a week in the sand, 16-ton cabin cruiser removed Saturday from the beach south of Newport
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Empress is off the beach – and in Toledo for inspection and repairs. Crews from Coastal Towing & Salvage of Ilwaco, Wash. used an excavator, […]