By JUSTIN HIGGINBOTTOM/Jefferson Public Radio St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church sued the city of Brookings in 2022, challenging a city ordinance that limited their free meals program. That law, passed amid […]
Archives for September 2024
Oregon Coast Aquarium featuring a new interactive game for children through Oct. 20
By Oregon Coast TODAY Would your kids like to cross something new off their bucket lists? Check out the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Aquarium Tour, taking place at the […]
Small Oregon school district slated to lose money under forest conservation plan spends big to sue state
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Officials with a small school district nestled in northwest Oregon’s Clatsop State Forest have paid tens of thousands of dollars to fight new state limits […]
Chinook Winds Casino hosts variety of military-themed commemorations and events beginning Thursday
By Oregon Coast TODAY LINCOLN CITY — Each fall, the roar of motorcycle engines on U.S. Highway 101 signals the return of the Annual Celebration of Honor, Lincoln County’s […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Chris Carlson of C.P. Carlson Builders started by following his father around
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Chris Carlson, owner of C.P. Carlson Builders in Waldport, first started learning about home building in kindergarten. His father, Peter Carlson, was a home builder on […]
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS: Little Log Church and Museum Rehabilitation
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS City of Yachats Yachats, Oregon Little Log Church and Museum Rehabilitation General Notice City of Yachats (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project: […]
Feds award Oregon $11.5 million, perhaps millions more to come, to improve literacy instruction
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s highest needs schools that are focused on revamping literacy instruction and boosting student reading proficiency will get federal financial help next year. […]
New federal report says food insecurity got worse in Oregon since the pandemic
By ALEJANDRO FIGUEROA/Oregon Public Broadcasting More Oregonians were food insecure, couldn’t afford groceries or outright skipped meals in 2023, compared to 2020. That’s according to an annual U.S. Department of […]
Firefighters battle 25 large blazes in Oregon as record season blazes on; rain forecast Wednesday
The Rail Ridge Fire south of Dayville in Grant County has scorched more than 135,000 acres. (Courtesy of Grant County Emergency Management) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Firefighters battled […]
Lincoln County senator proposing 2025 legislation that would exclude tips from Oregon taxes
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Republican state senator who represents part of the Oregon coast that relies heavily on a tourist economy has submitted a plan to exclude […]