An Oregon agency that financed the city of Yachats’ new south water tank has “forgiven” $700,000 of the $1.73 million loaned to build it. So now, instead of having to repay the full amount at 2.2 percent interest over 20 years, the $1.03 million balance will be paid back at 1 percent interest over 30 […]
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Hospital offering classes on diabetes and chronic conditions
Samaritan Health Services is offering two free workshops starting in March for people with chronic health conditions and for those at risk or who have type 2 diabetes. The workshops are at Pacific Communities Hospital’s education center in Newport. “Living well with chronic conditions” workshop will meet for six weeks every Monday from 10 a.m. to […]
Central Lincoln stays in house for new manager
Randy Grove, the director of engineering and operations for the Central Lincoln People’s Utility District, has been picked as its general manager. Grove replaces Debra Smith who left last year to become head of Seattle City Light. The PUD’s board selected Grove in a special meeting Jan. 23 after a national search. Central Lincoln PUD […]
Samaritan will end home health services
Samaritan Health Services announced Monday, Jan. 28 that it will discontinue its home health services in Lincoln County in March, transitioning patients to Signature Healthcare at Home of Wilsonville. Samaritan will continue to provide hospice services in Lincoln County. Currently the same Samaritan staff handle hospice and home health care. This will change March 1, […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate holds at 5 percent
The unemployment rate in Lincoln County held steady at a seasonally adjusted 5 percent in December, according to data released Wednesday by the Oregon Employment Department in Newport. The seasonally adjusted rate was 4.8 percent in both November 2018 and December 2017. But Lincoln County has a higher unemployment rate than Oregon, which is 4.1 […]
State police seek help in elk poaching
Oregon State Police is asking for help identifying the person or people responsible for the unlawful killing and waste of a 5-point bull elk near Toledo in east Lincoln County. On Jan. 8 state police fish and wildlife troopers were notified by a land owner of a dead bull elk found left to waste near […]
Communication workshop scheduled in Yachats
Two Yachats residents are hosting a workshop March 2-3 on non-violent and compassionate communication. The workshop will be led by LaShelle Lowe-Charde of Portland, a certified non-violent communication trainer. The sessions will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 8 of the Yachats Commons. Cost is $100. According to the organizers, non-violent communication inspires […]
Bridge work closes lane on Cape Perpetua
A lane closure on U.S. Highway 101 on Cape Perpetua and around-the-clock flagging will last another week as a contractor pours concrete and make other repairs to a half-viaduct under the road. The $477,000 Oregon Department of Transportation project is scheduled to last through June. The contractor, Hamilton Construction, plans to pour concrete Friday, Jan. […]
Unionization vote complicates Yachats Fire raises
The board of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District on Wednesday approved 3.5 percent cost-of-living pay increases for four employees retroactive to Dec. 1. But anticipated raises for the department’s seven career firefighters couldn’t be approved because they voted to unionize in August and negotiations for the district’s first collective bargaining agreement haven’t begun. The […]
Crash near Seal Rock kills woman
A Lincoln City woman was killed and her husband and another driver injured in a head-on crash Thursday night on U.S. Highway 101 just south of Seal Rock. The crash closed the highway for more than three hours. Judith Larrett, 81, of Lincoln City died at the scene. Her husband, Richard Larrett, 85, and the […]