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 […]
Oregon State University graduate workers go on strike Tuesday for higher wages
By TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting CORVALLIS — After 14 months of contract negotiations, hundreds of OSU’s graduate student employees went on strike Tuesday. OSU’s Coalition of Graduate Employees represents more […]
Yachats fire board seeks new member to replace Tucker
YACHATS – The Yachats Rural Fire District is seeking applications for a soon-to-be vacant seat on its five-member board. Donald Tucker submitted his resignation for health reasons in October but […]
Samaritan hospice organization discusses end-of-life care
Samaritan Evergreen Hospice is inviting people with an interest in end-of-life care to attend a film screening and discussion from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 at the Samaritan Center for […]
No longer worth the time, money and hassle, Waldport looking to end its 28-year-old traffic court
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – A perceived jaw-dropping decrease in the number of traffic citations issued in Waldport looked to be the death knell for the city’s long-standing […]