Despite averaging 100 new, reported Covid-19 cases a day the past week, Lincoln County may have seen the peak of the omicron surge, county health director Florence Pourtal said […]
Community
After no proposals to use Waldport’s former museum building, city will investigate remodeling it into apartments
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The idea of turning the city’s former museum on Northeast Third and Grant streets into a performing arts center or other civic use may […]
Eight groups, including two universities, win $25 million in grants to test projects at PacWave facility off central Oregon Coast
By OSU NEWS SERVICE and OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $25 million to eight groups for the testing of wave energy technologies at Oregon State […]
Oregon State Parks seeks comments on a plan to fill “gaps” of 362-mile long Oregon Coast Trail
By TIFFANY ECKERT/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon Coast Trail stretches along the state’s entire 362-mile coastline from Washington to California – but there are disconnected sections of trail that […]
Board committees from Seal Rock and Waldport fire districts plan to meet next week to discuss staff-sharing issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The chiefs and two board members of fire districts in Seal Rock and Waldport plan to meet next week in what could be a series of […]
Two hospitals in Lincoln County are struggling with staff shortages, patient movement because of Covid-19 surge, Samaritan CEO says
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The two hospitals in Lincoln County are not yet full of Covid-19 patients, but are struggling with staff shortages and not being able to send seriously […]
“We’re doing the best we can” say lodging and restaurant managers fighting Covid-19 absences among their staff
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com At Fresh Mexican Food in Waldport, indoor dining closed for five days in mid-January. At The Sea Note in Yachats, the co-owner has been working double […]
Siletz and Grand Ronde tribes square off over proposal to open a second casino along I-5 in north Salem
Architect’s drawing shows what a casino and motel complex proposed by the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz would look like along Interstate 5 in north Salem. By WHITNEY WOODWORTH/Salem Statesman-Journal […]
Rather than just complain on Facebook about illegal dump sites, Thomas McIntosh asked for help this week — and got it
By BREEANA LAUGHLIN/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Thomas McIntosh drives the back roads of the Coast Range as a form a stress relief. But what he saw on a forest jaunt […]
Former Central Oregon Coast fire board member starts recall effort against two new board members over their conduct
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – A former member of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board has started a petition drive to recall two new board members. The […]