By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Western wildfire survivors are calling on Congress to stop playing political football with a bill that would relieve them of federal income taxes […]
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Commissioners fix ordinance allowing deputies to cite long-term roadside campers
Lincoln County commissioners have fixed a hole in county ordinances to give law and code enforcement officials a way to help clear campers off county or any other public roads. […]
CoastBusters raises nearly $55,000 with its Newport, Florence walks
CoastBusters, a charitable organization dedicated to supporting breast cancer patients in Lincoln and Lane counties, raised nearly $55,000 during its annual CoastBusters Walks in Sept. 28 in Newport and Oct. […]
Yachats couple open unusual fitness and dance studio in Newport featuring silks and hoops
By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — The sight was immediately arresting — broad swaths of silk in bold colors cascading from the ceiling in the foreground, large hoops, […]
Siletz tribe holds 47th annual Restoration Pow-Wow Saturday at Chinook Winds
By Oregon Coast TODAY The public is invited to join the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians on Saturday, Nov. 16, as it holds its annual Restoration Pow-Wow at Chinook […]
The winner of very tight Lincoln County commission race won’t be determined until Thanksgiving week
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County voters – and Claire Hall or Rick Beasley – will not find out for another two weeks who will hold Position 2 on the […]
Oregon School districts, employees face $670 million increase in payments to public pension system
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon school districts are projected to pay $670 million more to the state’s public employee pension program over the next two years, potentially wiping out […]
300 Benton County union employees go on strike Wednesday, cutting many services
By NATHAN WILK/KLCC News A union of Benton County employees went on strike at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. AFSCME represents more than 300 workers at the county, spanning multiple departments. That’s […]
Mental health struggles and Marine Corps celebration end in a tragic hail of bullets in Waldport
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – What began Sunday afternoon as a private celebration to honor the U.S. Marine Corps ended tragically for a Waldport woman with mental health issues […]
Teachers in Albany hit the picket line Tuesday in strike over class sizes, pay, planning time
By JULIA SIVERMAN/The Oregonian/OregonLive ALBANY — Before last year’s prolonged 11-day educator walkout in Portland, teacher strikes had been few and far between in Oregon for decades. Now the state is […]