First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson, left, and Gov. Tina Kotek listen to Kris McAlister, executive director of the homelessness nonprofit Carry It Forward, in Cottage Grove on Dec. 14. By […]
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One year into four-year term, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek faces same challenges
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek took office a year ago with a promise to wake up every day with a mission to take on Oregon’s […]
Coastal residents must try to stop major logging, spraying of forests
To the editor: There are two serious issues that Oregon residents, especially those in Lincoln County, are being faced with – major destructive logging and aerial and ground spraying of […]
As needs and people change, public libraries in rural Oregon evolve to do much more than check out books
By AMANDA WALDROUPE/Oregon Arts Watch During the celebration of Maupin’s centennial anniversary last year, its public library – the Southern Wasco County Library – printed a second edition of Chaff in the Wind: Gleanings of […]
Yachats Post Office without a postmaster again and USPS officials quiet about why, what’s next
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats post office is without a postmaster. When and why Yachats postmaster Chanda Kowitz, who had been on the job for two years, […]
Unable to buy property in Lincoln City, county begins homeless shelter program there using motel vouchers
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County has started its temporary winter program for the homeless in Lincoln City even though it has been unable to find and purchase property for […]
Can you bring a community closer together with homemade pizza? Laura Abel of Waldport believes she can
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Laura Abel is just trying to bring people together one small pizza at a time. So for 37 straight Sundays – and during the […]
Central Coast Fire District’s attempts to upgrade 13-year-old response agreements with Yachats and Seal Rock runs into resistence
Editor’s note: A paragraph in this story on response times and units responding to a Dec. 11 trailer fire on the south edge of Waldport has been […]
Adobe Resort in Yachats kicks its $2 million remodel into high gear with lobby, bar, restaurant and room changes
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — If you thought your last home renovation project was daunting, try multiplying it by a hundredfold — and then some. That’s the prospect facing […]
Upset legislators — including Rep. Gomberg — and beverage industry push back on state’s over-drinking campaign
By NIGEL JAQUISS/Willamette Week Viewers who watched football games over the holidays probably saw an ad called “Why,” which is part of an Oregon Health Authority campaign called “Rethink the Drink” aimed […]