QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com To spend a couple of hours in the Yachats Visitor Center is to glimpse a microcosm of summer tourism here. There’s a surfer dude and his girlfriend […]
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Yachats code enforcement discontent flares up again; city manager offers plan to deal with it
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats City Manager Shannon Beaucaire plans to use a temporary employment agency to hire a part-time person to take care of a backlog of pressing issues […]
Commercial permits for matsutake mushroom harvesting go on sale Sept. 4
Permits for commercial harvesting of matsutake mushrooms will be on sale from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area Visitor Center, 855 […]
Legislature’s repeal of building ban in coastal tsunami zones brings out critics — and local support
By ANDREW SELSKY/The Associated Press NEWPORT — With sunlight sparkling off surrounding Yaquina Bay, workers are putting up an ocean-studies building, smack in the middle of an area expected […]
Two-day conference by ‘Coastal Caucus’ legislators is testament to group’s growing influence
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com FLORENCE — When 600 people from across the state filed into a casino convention center here Wednesday, they were greeted with a colorful 64-page program, a […]
Planning Commission and Drift Inn owner continue back-and-forth over parking issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Planning Commission is giving the owner of a popular downtown restaurant and hotel complex two months to come up with detailed drawings to determine […]
Despite trauma of young whale’s death last week, live strandings are very unusual
A young humpback whale euthanized last week near Waldport after stranding itself on the beach for more than a day was a healthy male with no apparent injuries or […]
Improving economy has put more Lincoln County youth back to work
As the economy improved the past six years, more teenagers in Lincoln County and northwest Oregon are working. In 1996 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated there were 3,731 youth ages […]
Volunteers welcome for annual 804 Trail “ivy pull” Saturday, Aug. 24
Volunteers will gather at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Overleaf Lodge to participate in the annual work party to eradicate ivy along the 804 Trail. The event is […]
Yachats Big Band holds fundraiser Saturday, Aug. 24 for Little Log Church
The Yachats Big Band is holding its second summer performance and benefit dance for the Little Log Church and Museum from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Yachats Commons. […]