By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service The National Science Foundation has selected Oregon State University and the University of Washington to lead a research program focused on increasing resiliency among […]
Archives for September 2021
A TRAGEDY AT DEVILS CHURN: How Steve Allen died, how bystanders and paramedics responded, and now calls for an after-action review
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Devils Churn is an ocean-worn crack in a massive basalt flow created by a volcano 37 million years ago. Seventy-five yards wide at its mouth, the […]
Longtime Yachats resident says it is time to recall mayor and City Council members
To the editor: I am a 28-year, full-time resident of Yachats who has witnessed the governing abilities and acts of many different Yachats mayors and City Council members over that […]
Yachats council finishing interviews with city manager candidates Friday, hopes to name finalists for visits
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council will complete its fourth and last preliminary interview with a city manager candidate Friday morning and then will decide whom to bring in […]
Central Coast Fire takes levy off Nov. 2 ballot after discovering it has one more year to go
WALDPORT – Voters in the Central Coast Fire & Rescue District get to wait another year before deciding on renewing a property tax levy. Last month, the district’s board voted […]
In Oregon and Lincoln County, big COVID-19 wave appears to have crested, but recovery unlikely before holiday season
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The record wave of COVID-19 cases in Oregon and Lincoln County appears to have crested, but the long recovery will […]
Oregon governor calls special session of the Legislature for Monday to discuss House and Senate redistricting
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The shape of the 2022 election could take a step forward next Monday with a special session of the Legislature called by Gov. Kate […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Wednesday, Sept. 16: 2,069 new cases, 34 in Lincoln County; 46 more deaths
Oregon reports 2,069 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 46 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 46 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,536, […]
Oops. Just days after assurances from officials, Yachats Post Office closed again Monday because of staffing issues
Update Monday, Sept. 20: Despite assurances from Postal Service officials last week that staffing issues had been resolved, the lobby and transaction counter at the Yachats Post Office was closed […]
After repairing mechanical issues, Newport-based researchers set sail again Thursday in search of rare beaked whales
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT — In the inky darkness a couple hundred miles off the Oregon coast, Lisa Ballance slept soundly as the research expedition she led sailed toward […]