By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle The 2024 fire season cost Oregon emergency response agencies nearly $350 million, and the state leaders are struggling to find a way to cover outstanding […]
NEWS RELEASE Date/Time of Release: Monday, November 25, 2024 From: Jenna Wallace, District Attorney Details: Officer Involved Shooting October 19, 2024 On November 19, 2024, a Lincoln County Grand Jury […]
By NOAA News Service The number of gray whale calves migrating with their mothers along the West Coast this year was one of the lowest on record, NOAA Fisheries […]
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews How many people are you serving for Thanksgiving dinner? Four, six or 12? Ralph and Wanda Janes oversee the free, community Thanksgiving meal at the American […]
FLORENCE – A 40-year-old Florence man was killed Saturday night when he tried to cross U.S. Highway 101 a mile south of the city and was struck by an SUV, […]
By NIGEL JAQUISS/Willamette Week On Nov. 8, three days after Democrats lost the White House, President Joe Biden’s administration approved an off-reservation casino in Minnesota. Leaders of two Oregon tribes […]
The Oregon Parks & Recreation Commission voted last week to buy a 32-acre property to add to its Beaver Creek natural area in Brian Booth State Park north of […]
By ANTONIA SIERRA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Amazon is betting heavily on nuclear energy. In October, the e-commerce and tech giant announced it was investing in nuclear technology to sustain its growing […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who cultivated a closer relationship with some labor unions than most Republicans and narrowly lost her bid for a […]
Led by the seasonal loss in tourist-related jobs, Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched up to 4.8 percent in October, nearly a full percentage point higher than the statewide […]
