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1 month ago | yachatsnews.com | Quinton Smith

By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public BroadcastingSALEM — A Marion County judge has stalled a controversial order by Gov. Tina Kotek that requires use of union labor in many state construction projects. In a hearing Monday, Circuit Court Judge Thomas M. Hart issued an injunction, barring Kotek’s administration from moving forward with a policy that critics say would benefit Kotek’s allies in labor at taxpayers’ expense.

1 month ago | yachatsnews.com | Quinton Smith

WALDPORT — Bargain-hunters can find furniture, artwork, tabletop goods, décor items and much more at Saturday’s Unexpected Elephant resale event. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., pre-owned items are up for sale at 3710 Crestline Drive, home of non-profit South Lincoln Resources. The proceeds all help sustain and maintain the organization’s two warehouses on Crestline, where community partner groups Waldport Food Share and Adventist Clothing Share serve low-income families in south Lincoln County.

1 month ago | yachatsnews.com | Quinton Smith

By TED SICKINGER/The Oregonian/OregonLiveEarlier this month, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at ramping up logging on federal lands. The directives prompted polar and predictable reactions from timber industry advocates and environmental groups in Oregon. The former have been advocating for more aggressive “management” of federal forests for decades to increase log supplies for local mills and combat increasing wildfire risks in forests choked with flammable fuels.

1 month ago | yachatsnews.com | Quinton Smith

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNewsSEAL ROCK – Seal Rock Fire District chief Will Ewing was met with a resounding show of support at the district’s board meeting last week in response to criticism leveled against him for an inflammatory email he wrote in February. “Chief always has the best interests of the district, volunteers, personnel and their families,” board president Karl Kowalski said in reading from a letter signed by all five board members.

1 month ago | yachatsnews.com | Quinton Smith

By RACHAEL McDONALD/KLCC NewsA lawsuit brought by 21 young people against the U.S. government over climate change has come to an end, a decade after it was filed. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the last effort to get the case to trial in a Eugene federal courtroom. Juliana v. United States was filed in Eugene in 2015. It sought to hold the government accountable for its fossil fuel policies.