By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Restaurants throughout Oregon will need to ditch to-go containers made of plastic foam by 2025, under a bill headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk. Senate […]
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Medical emergency likely cause of car that drove into Lincoln City pizza shop
LINCOLN CITY — On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, Lincoln City Police, North Lincoln Fire & Rescue, and Pacific West Ambulance responded to a single vehicle crash in the 1100 block […]
Oregon distillers, recovery advocates clash over new spirits marketing proposal in Legislature
Oregon has about 100 distillers. (Getty Images) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon distillers clashed with recovery advocates during a legislative hearing Tuesday over the creation of a […]
Lincoln County jobless rate drops slightly again in March
Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped again last month after seven months of increases. The Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday that the county’s unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in […]
Oregon’s congressional Democrats ask federal agency for salmon disaster aid
Plummeting numbers of returning salmon have prompted seven of eight members of Oregon’s congressional delegation to urge the Department of Commerce to issue an expedited declaration of a fishery resource […]
Lincoln City police arrest former gas station employee on burglary, theft charges
On Monday, April 24, 2023, Lincoln City Police Detectives arrested 38-year-old Christopher Shayne Hoffman of Lincoln City, charging him with Second Degree Burglary, First Degree Theft and First Degree Criminal Mischief in […]
Waldport High School’s forestry students win fourth consecutive championship in Oregon natural resources competition
WALDPORT — For the fourth time in as many years, Waldport High School’s forestry program took home the Oregon Future Natural Resource Leaders state championship during two days of […]
City of Waldport completes purchase of old school property for $475,000 — and now comes the hard part
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Coming up with $475,000 to buy the 2.8-acre Lincoln County School District property in downtown may be the easiest part of the city of […]
Legislature poised for conflict over gun-control legislation as Democrats back bills on waiting periods, serial numbers on guns, and minimum age for purchases
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon lawmakers are debating firearms legislation this session, setting the stage for legislative battles and courtroom fights that could go to the […]
U.S. appeals court upholds expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
From the Rogue Valley Times The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday upheld the expansion of the biologically diverse Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Originally created […]