It’s official — tickets are on sale for the Yachats Celtic Music Festival Nov. 12-14. Offering three days of live music, dancing, food, crafts and workshops, the festival hasn’t yet […]
Archives for July 2021
With 3 new members, Central Oregon Coast fire board quickly seeks details on levy, equipment — and purchase of former City Hall
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – It didn’t take long last week for the three new members of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board to set a new […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for July 15-17
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21198647 07/15/2021 14:45 Officer #44704 KATSIKIS, KELLY DUII – Controlled Substance Location 101, Mile post 118 118 NB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary I located the subject of […]
Citizen review board for foster children seeks more Lincoln County volunteers
To the editor: The Citizen Review Board is Oregon’s statewide foster care review program that reviews the case plans of children and families involved in the child welfare system to […]
Seismic survey ship returns to port after six weeks searching for data on the Cascadia fault zone off Oregon and the West Coast
TOM BANSE/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Earthquake researchers are eager to dig into a trove of new data about the offshore Cascadia fault zone. When Cascadia ruptures, it can […]
After 17-month closure, Marine Science Center will reopen visitor center Aug. 1
NEWPORT – The visitor center at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport plans to reopen Monday, Aug. 1 after a nearly 17-month closure due to COVID-19 restrictions. Tickets to […]
ODOT will close Highway 34 east of Waldport Sept. 11-12 for bridge work
WALDPORT — The repair of a bridge at milepost 35 of Oregon Highway 34 that would have closed the highway for two days this month has been delayed until […]
Coastal advocacy group schedules programs to celebrate 50th anniversary
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, one of the state’s oldest environmental advocacy organizations, is making plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The group, founded on July 29, 1971, will mark its […]
SAVING THE OREGON SILVERSPOT: Researchers focus on meadows south of Yachats trying to unravel mysteries of threatened butterfly and its habitat
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Erica Henry carefully lifts the netting from the side of the small, improvised tent and squirms underneath. Once partly inside, she begins to poke among the […]
40 Lincoln County restaurants get $9.36 million in relief grants to help make up for business lost to pandemic restrictions
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A $28.6 billion federal relief program designed to make up restaurant losses during the coronavirus pandemic has dropped $9.36 million into the bank accounts of 40 […]