The Lincoln County Cultural Coalition has awarded $26,500 in grants to 14 local nonprofits and schools, the organization announced this week. The coalition administers funding from two independent sources — […]
Archives for January 2024
Lincoln City police announce arrest in June credit union robbery
Lincoln City Police are pleased to announce that a subject has been arrested for the armed robbery that occurred at the Lincoln City branch of TLC Fibre Federal Credit Union […]
Scathing state audit faults lax agency oversight of Oregon pandemic rent relief
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s housing agency wasn’t prepared to manage an emergency rental assistance program that spent $426 million during the COVID pandemic and still can’t determine how […]
Big national healthcare company wants to buy The Corvallis Clinic, which is struggling financially
By CHRISTIAN WHITOL/The Lund Report CORVALLIS — UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s biggest health care corporation, is continuing its expansion drive in Oregon with a bid to buy The Corvallis […]
Siletz Bay Music Festival celebrates Black History Month with special concert Feb. 9
By Oregon Coast TODAY LINCOLN CITY — Acclaimed as “bold, stylistically diverse, rhythmically rich,” “My Words Are My Sword” is a groundbreaking musical drama for actor and orchestra that […]
Oregon fish and wildlife director Curt Melcher retiring after 40 years with the agency
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The longtime leader of Oregon’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is retiring after nearly 10 years at the helm and almost 40 at […]
It’s official — all fireworks now banned in unincorporated areas of Lincoln County
It’s now illegal to sell, possess or use of any type of fireworks in unincorporated areas of Lincoln County under a revised ordinance approved Wednesday by county commissioners. The ordinance […]
Oregon needs more money to fight big wildfires, but who should pay for it — timberland owners or everyone?
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Oregon Department of Forestry needs more and consistent funding to fight wildfires. That much was clear following the 2020 Labor Day fires […]
Downtown Toledo art galleries kick off new year with “first weekend” open studios
By Oregon Coast TODAY TOLEDO — The artists of Toledo will greet the New Year with a fresh perspective Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 6-7, when the town’s galleries and […]
A stormy start to December brings 2023 rainfall amounts to near normal as trend continues to wetter, warmer weather
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A very wet early December pushed rainfall totals for 2023 to near average in the Yachats area, according to YachatsNews’ weather watchers, after much of a […]