By KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/Oregon Public Broadcasting Onno Husing, the planning director for Lincoln County, can stand on U.S. Highway 101 and watch bits of tarmac crumble into the ocean, 80 […]
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While still high, the number of omicron-fueled Covid-19 cases in Lincoln County shows signs of declining, health official says
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 […]
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 […]
Newport-based NOAA research ship and crew is among international group heading to North Pacific to study salmon
By LYNDA V. MAPES/The Seattle Times An international team of more than 60 scientists in four vessels — including one based in Newport — is headed out on winter […]
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 […]
Yachats City Council votes unanimously Friday to hire Heide Lambert of Waldport as its next city manager
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Yachats’ new city manager will start on Valentine’s Day. The Yachats City Council and soon-to-be manager Heide Lambert of Waldport hope it will be a […]
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 […]
Four OSU scientists connect and collaborate to try to understand the effect of microplastics in gray whales and the ocean’s food chain
By NANCY STEINBERG/Oregon State University NEWPORT — The concept is so well-established that it’s almost cliché — the most important thing humans know about ecosystems is that everything in […]