By LORI TOBIAS/For YachatsNews For 10 years, Food Share of Lincoln County processed and distributed hatchery salmon to community food pantries all along the coast, sharing about 2,000 pounds of […]
Archives for January 2025
Samaritan opening pharmacy on Lincoln City hospital campus
LINCOLN CITY — Samaritan Health Services is trying to buck the trend of pharmacy closures by opening one on its North Lincoln Hospital campus on Monday, Jan. 6. The pharmacy’s […]
Fewer Lincoln County residents and Oregonians voted in November’s general election compared with 2020
By BRYCE DOYLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting and YachatsNews Fewer Lincoln County residents and Oregonians overall voted in this presidential election compared to the last one. About 75 percent of registered […]
Philomath mill finds a growing niche by specializing in hardwoods that others don’t want to deal with
By BRAD FUQUA/Philomath News Brad Mehl and Terry Haddix walk the grounds of Patrick Lumber just west of Philomath to check on the construction progress of a new hardwood […]
Theatre West offering 2003 version of “Dial M for Murder” as part of 50th anniversary
By Oregon Coast TODAY Dial T for Theatre West’s next production, “Dial M for Murder,” opening Thursday, Jan. 9 in Lincoln City. Set in London in 1952, the play […]
Patty Gewalt, Yachats
Patty Gewalt March 27, 1934 – Dec. 4, 2024 Patricia Mae Cobb was born on March 27, 1934, to Thomas and Beatrice Cobb and raised in the small mill […]
From safer buses to phone fixes: A rundown of new Oregon laws for 2025
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting New year, new rules. As Oregonians ring in 2025, nearly two dozen bills passed by lawmakers early last year will quietly take effect. From stricter […]
Oregon’s homeless population is 8th largest in the nation, 2024 federal count shows
By ANTHONY EFFINGER/Willamette Week Oregon finds itself near the top of another tragic list as the year ended. Oregon had the eighth-largest population of homeless people on a given night in […]
Efforts to ban books in Oregon libraries on the rise; library patrons and supporters are pushing back
By AMANDA WALDROUPE/Oregon ArtsWatch In December the Grants Pass School District approved removing two books from the Grants Pass High School Library: All Boys Aren’t Blue – George M. Johnson’s memoir about […]
New report projects number of Oregon high school graduates will decline almost 20% by 2041
By ELIZABETH MILLER/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education has published an edition of “Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates,” every four years […]