Special weather-closure statement from the Newport Wine & Seafood Festival: Due to extreme weather conditions, the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival will delay its opening. We plan to open our doors […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle For the first time in three years, the Oregon Health Authority is poised to examine its Medicaid rolls to determine who still qualifies for the […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Public employee unions and state lawmakers have struck a deal on a proposal to stop state employees who moved out of state earlier […]
GRANT STRINGER/regon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is once again trying to give Oregonians the power to pump their own gasoline. House Bill 2426 would allow […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — State lawmakers want Oregon to build a pipeline that allows the state to have enough nurses to care for patients in hospitals, clinics […]
Editor’s note: This is a new feature called “5 Questions and a Secret” where we will be doing bite-sized profiles of community members and asking them to answer five […]
Follow the yellow brick road to the Newport Performing Arts Center for Coastal Act Productions’ presentation of the classic fantasy “The Wizard of Oz,” from Friday, Feb. 24, through […]
FLORENCE — The Three Rivers Foundation, established by the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians as the charitable arm of its Three Rivers Casino Resort, has awarded […]
By NIGEL JAQUISS/Willamette Week SALEM — Connie Winn, director of the Oregon Racing Commission, stumbled out of the gate last week when questioned in a hearing before the Joint Ways […]
By NICOLE BALES/The Astorian In a divided 4-3 vote last week, the Oregon Board of Forestry decided to stay the course on a draft habitat conservation plan amid growing pressure […]
