By Oregon Public Broadcasting EO Media Group, which owns a dozen newspapers in mostly rural areas of Oregon and Southwest Washington, announced Wednesday it has been sold to Carpenter Media […]
Archives for October 2024
Depoe Bay man turns long-running fascination with skeletons into a Halloween spectacular
By W.W. CLYDE REID/Oregon Coast TODAY Most people are ashamed to have skeletons in their closet. Not Roger Silver. The Depoe Bay barista/bartender doesn’t have the least concern about […]
Newport’s Nye Beach one week online banner auction begins Saturday with kick-off party
By Oregon Coast TODAY The hand-painted banners that have graced light poles throughout Nye Beach area of Newport are being auctioned off, as is tradition, to raise money for […]
Oil slick on Highway 126 east of Florence leads to crashes, fatality
FLORENCE – A 59-year-old Florence woman was killed and a Eugene woman seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when a 200-yard-long oil slick in the Knowles Creek tunnel on Highway 126 east […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate is stuck at 4.7 percent
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Lincoln County stayed at 4.7 percent in September, the same as in August but still significantly higher than the Oregon or national rates, according […]
Lincoln City bicyclist killed in collision with vehicle Tuesday
On Tuesday, Oct. 22 at approximately 1:55 p.m. a Lincoln City police officer observed a woman lying in the street next to an electric bicycle at the intersection of Southwest […]
A quiet two years and progress on projects results in lonely races for Yachats mayor and council
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats residents seeking shelter from the storm of election rhetoric need look no further than the race for the city’s mayor and two […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Pharmacist Scott Ellefson loves pace and community of smaller operation
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Nonstop, complicated, intense — but always with rewarding moments. That is how each day is for Scott Ellefson, managing pharmacist at Hi-School Pharmacy in […]
“Community” is the common theme by the six candidates for Waldport mayor and city council positions
Garret Jaros Garret Jaros By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The common thread woven into the campaign cloth of candidates running for mayor and city council seats in Waldport is […]
Halloween gets early start with concert and trick or treating Saturday in Yachats and Waldport
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews A free concert, free treats and the spooky-cute spectacle of kids in costumes will raise spirits (the good kind) in Yachats and Waldport on Saturday, Oct. […]