By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Southern Oregon coast is closer to hosting floating offshore wind energy, after the Biden administration announced it’s preparing to accept proposals for the […]
Archives for April 2024
Man charged after allegedly using bleach to kill 18,000 juvenile salmon at Reedsport hatchery
Staff at the state fish hatchery in Reedsport pours dead pre-molt Chinook salmon into a container. Roughly 18,000 of the fish were recently killed after a 20-year-old man allegedly poured […]
Bicyclists, blues, barbecue descend on Waldport (then Yachats) this weekend for first big party of the season
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews What has 1,400 tires, a smoky blues beat and the power to pedal big bucks to the central Oregon coast? That would be the Beach, Bike […]
Oregon Republican legislators and candidates visit Arizona-Mexico border to learn about security issues
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Sixteen Republican lawmakers and legislative candidates from Oregon visited the Arizona-Mexico border on Monday, arguing that lax security around the southern border exacerbates the drug […]
Man wearing “Rip City” sweatshirt does just that with county bus Sunday
NEWPORT – Oops, no wonder your bus was late Sunday. Newport police said Monday that a man wearing a “Rip City” sweatshirt made off with a Lincoln County Transit bus […]
Siletz man killed in Friday head-on collision just east of Newport
NEWPORT – A 62-year-old Siletz man was killed and his passenger seriously injured Friday evening when their small pickup was struck head-on by a car that crossed into their lane […]
Lincoln County deputies arrest Vancouver man after two-county high speed chase Saturday
On April 27, 2024, at approximately 1:11 p.m. a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a dark-colored minivan driving recklessly and at a high rate of speed traveling east on Highway […]
Law school colleague supports Wallace in DA’s race
To the editor: I’ve known Lincoln County deputy district attorney Jenna Wallace for over a decade since we first met in law school. During those years I watched Wallace begin […]
Oregon governor’s top staffers were concerned about first lady’s role and security requests, records released Friday show
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Top staff in Gov. Tina Kotek’s office raised concerns internally about first lady Aimee Kotek Wilson’s growing role in the administration, public records […]
It’s been a good season for Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet with strong prices and four more months to go
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Oregon’s 2024-24 commercial Dungeness crab season is proving quite successful five months into the season. Fishermen have hauled in 23.8 million pounds of crab so far, […]