By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Former President Donald Trump has waded into efforts to prevent him from appearing on Oregon’s presidential primary ballot, offering a raft of arguments for why […]
Archives for January 2024
With 5,000 animals killed illegally a year, poaching is a growing Oregon problem as police, hunters try to fight back
By BRIAN BULL/KLCC Oregon State Police reported a dozen cases of wildlife being shot illegally across seven counties in November – including two cases in Lincoln County. Aside from […]
A new year brings new Oregon laws on housing, drugs, education and lots lots more
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — New Oregon laws that took effect Jan. 1 are aimed at the state’s biggest crises and needs, from affordable housing to the exploding […]
5 Questions and A Secret: Anthony Gainer of “Oh Shoot!” photography in Waldport
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Anthony Gainer was born and raised in Waldport, left for 15 years to explore the world and returned in 2021 to start his photography/videography company, Oh […]
Coastal choir seeking new members for spring performances
Coastal Voices, the central coast’s 52-voice choir, is welcoming potential new singers to “vocal introductions” on two different days in Newport. Singers interested in joining the group should come to […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate stays at 4 percent in November
Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4 percent in November, the Oregon Employment Department announced this week, unchanged from the 4 percent rate in October. But the rate was […]
Five longtime Lincoln County radio stations sign off Dec. 31 as owner closes shop, lays off employees
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Silence greeted some Lincoln County radio listeners on New Year’s Day after a longtime broadcast institution folds under financial failure. After 75 years of operation, Yaquina […]
Lincoln County judge rules that county can enforce most of its vacation rental regulations in unincorporated areas
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews After more than a year of legal wrangling, a Lincoln County judge Friday ruled against vacation rental owners trying to stop a county ordinance regulating their […]
Land trust, watershed council and Coos tribe unite to restore Siuslaw wetlands on former 200-acre dairy farm
By BRIAN BULL/Underscore News FLORENCE — Standing in the midst of an uneven, muddy expanse where excavators and trucks chug back and forth like giant doodlebugs, Jesse Beers doesn’t […]