Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has increased slightly, moving to 4.5 percent in March from a 4.3 percent rate in February, according to the Oregon Employment Department. It was 4.2 percent in January. That’s still less than the county’s unemployment rate of 5.4 percent in March 2023. The employment department said in its monthly […] The post Lincoln County unemployment rate rises slightly in March appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more

By JUSTIN HIGGENBOTTOM/Jefferson Public Radio A logging company has canceled a proposed road within a Bureau of Land Management project in Josephine County which activists claimed threatened old-growth trees. Protesters had been staying at the location of a proposed road within the BLM’s Salmon Run timber sale, which they claim threatened old-growth trees, for the […] The post Southern Oregon activists claim victory after BLM changes road plans in logging area appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more

  By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Many residents of the central Oregon coast are committed to helping their neighbors and their communities in many arenas — food, lodging, clothing, education, art, the environment, safety. A complete list would be long and impressive. What is it that drives people to help others, and in doing so, to buttress […] The post 5 Questions and a Secret: Sherri Seaman and Joyce Adams lead Waldport church’s Saturday food program appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more

Oregonians have about two weeks left to register to vote or change their party affiliation before the May 21 primary. Only registered Republicans or Democrats will be able to vote in most primary elections, including picking nominees for Congress, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general and legislative districts. Voters have until April 30 to register […] The post Oregonians have until April 30 to register to vote or change party affiliation appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more

  By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – With the foundation laid it’s now a game of wait-and-see whether efforts will work to entice ospreys to make a home in the heart of Yachats. A flock of volunteers gathered on the northern fringe of the wetlands west of city hall Monday to attach an upturned pallet atop […] The post If you built it will ospreys come? After erecting platform Monday, Yachats bird group will find out appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more

 Homeless rights activists hold a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson and Smith v. Spizzirri, a dispute over the constitutionality of ordinances that bar people who are homeless from camping on city streets. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty […] The post U.S. Supreme Court justices appear to lean toward city of Grants Pass in complex homelessness case appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more

  By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Oregon Parks & Recreation Commission is expected to get a staff recommendation Wednesday whether to proceed with attempts to purchase 1,100 acres of Yachats Ridge property from two forest landowners. The seven-member commission is meeting Tuesday and Wednesday in Cannon Beach. It is scheduled to meet in executive (closed) session […] The post Oregon’s parks commission will hear staff report this week about purchasing Yachats Ridge property appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more

By JOSEPH SPECTOR/Politico ALBANY, New York — The decades long struggle of local media is getting a lifeline in New York. The state budget, set to be finalized Saturday, includes the nation’s first payroll tax credit for local news organizations in a bid to encourage new hiring amid the ongoing struggles of journalism outlets to cover their […] The post New York legislators approve tax breaks to hire local journalists, a national first appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more

By KLCC News NEWPORT — The Newport city council has have chosen former Gresham city manager Nina Vetter as the new city manager. In a unanimous decision Friday, councilors voted to start negotiations with Vetter, who resigned in December after 2½ years as the city manager in Gresham. She previously worked as the city administrative […] The post Newport council picks former Gresham manager to lead city appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more

Lincoln County has announced it will use some of its federal relief funds for a spay and neuter service to help counter dog and cat overpopulation that was substantially worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. The program is for local low-income households that cannot afford spay and neuter services for their pets. County staff will work […] The post County announces low-income program to help spay and neuter pets appeared first on YachatsNews.com ..read more