By TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting Hundreds of Oregon State University’s unionized graduate student employees are gearing up for a possible strike in the coming weeks. Last week, 93% of voting […]
Archives for November 2024
Local ballot measures around Oregon ask voters to weigh in on psilocybin mushrooms, wind energy
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Four years after Oregon voters approved the regulated use of psilocybin mushrooms and more than a year after the first patients began using them, more […]
New OSU facility serves to return human remains and cultural artifacts to tribes
By BRIAN BULL/KLCC News CORVALLIS — The proper repatriation of Native American remains is behind a new facility and the collaboration between Oregon State University and the nine federally-recognized […]
Local opposition, no state mandates dooms southern Oregon coast wind energy projects — for now
By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting A push to bring floating offshore wind technology to the Southern Oregon coast was gaining momentum. The Oregon Department of Energy saw floating offshore wind playing […]
A very wet end of October pushes Yachats-area’s 10-month rain totals to highest in a dozen years
October on the central Oregon coast was a nice sunny fall month – until it wasn’t. Five of the last 11 days of October saw rain totals of more […]
Oregon signs agreement with developers to enter entire Elliott State Forest into carbon market
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is one step closer to using a state forest to help capture and store more planet-warming greenhouse gases, and to fight climate change […]
Deputies investigating needle found in Waldport trick-or-treat candy
WALDPORT – Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating what appeared to be a needle embedded in candy that a trick-or-treater was given Thursday night in Waldport. In a news release […]
Waldport councilor endorses Claire Hall for county commissioner
To the editor: Having served concurrently with Commissioner Claire Hall for some years now, I’ve always known her to be a good leader, knowledgeable and attuned to the needs of […]
Mushroom hunter lost and found near Waldport has advice: “Look up and see where you’re at …”
By FEDOR ZARKHIN/The Oregonian/OregonLive Some of Cary Kerst’s happiest childhood memories are of picking mushrooms in rural Indiana with his father 60 years ago. Those happy memories transformed into a […]
Sonia Graham, Newport
Sonia Graham, Newport April 15, 1967 – Oct. 30, 2024 Sonia Graham, 57, of Newport crowd surfed to the next mosh pit on Oct. 30, 2024. A celebration of […]