By DYLAN JEFFERIES/The Bend Bulletin Imagine Bend being Oregon’s eastern most city, a short drive from Redmond, Idaho. “Greater Idaho,” the concept of transferring parts of southern and eastern Oregon […]
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The 2021 Oregon Legislature passed more than a dozen police reform bills. Here’s what they do
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers continued during their recently concluded session to build on the measures they passed a year ago to overhaul policing practices. They passed more […]
With gallery space on the market, owners of Laughing Crab in Yachats are moving to bayfront in downtown Florence
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com The Laughing Crab art gallery is leaving downtown Yachats for a bigger space on the Florence bayfront. “We’re sorry to be leaving our friends in Yachats, but […]
Yachats council removes chair of Parks & Commons Commission for disparaging emails to staff, refusing to follow city procedures
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council has taken the unusual step of removing the chair of the city’s Parks and Commons Commission after agreeing that Dawn Keller sent […]
Drought emergency declaration this week for Lincoln County may be only the start of a long, dry summer on central coast
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County’s declaration of a drought emergency this week is only the first step on a path likely to result in everything from requests for voluntary […]
Nine months after $1 building purchase, city of Waldport and chamber partnership opens new welcome center along Highway 101
CHERI BRUBAKER/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Nine months after the city of Waldport acquired a state interpretive center and one day after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown lifted coronavirus restrictions, the Waldport […]
Yachats council’s discussion of administrator’s traits draws frank message from interim manager that city “get its own house in order”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Another philosophical discussion about traits that City Council members would like in a new administrator for Yachats turned into a more frank conversation Thursday when the […]
Colorful banners now hanging from downtown Waldport lamp posts are first project for fledgling Alsea Bay Center for the Arts
By CHERI BRUBAKER/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — A few years ago, artist Amy Anderson responded to art collector Greg Holland’s social media request seeking people interested in forming a Waldport community […]
State police release more details of young girl found dead in north Lincoln County
The remains of the young girl found in a rest area off Oregon 18 last December in Lincoln County were in a duffel bag, Oregon State Police revealed Thursday. She was wearing […]
After a year away, the 65th edition of Waldport’s Beachcomber Days returns for two days starting Friday night
By CHERI BRUBAKER/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — After being forced to skip a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the 65th version of Waldport’s Beachcomber Days are back – with a […]