House Bill 3351 has been introduced in the Oregon Legislature, which, if approved, would raise Oregon’s minimum wage to $17 per hour statewide by July 2022. In Lincoln County, that would increase the current $12 minimum wage by almost 42 percent. And it works out to just over $35,000 per year for someone employed 40 hours a week.
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The Newport City Council approved an agreement last fall that gives a Pennsylvania company the right to market water and sewer line coverage to the city’s utility customers using the city’s logo and name.
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When a virus known as COVID-19 showed up on the scene just over a year ago, most of us expected it would but be a distant memory all these months later. How wrong we were! Not only is it still with us, it remains the main topic of discussion and arguably determines much of how we lead our day-to-day lives.
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