By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau An upswing in COVID-19 cases in Oregon is expected to hit in the coming weeks, driven by infections of the hyper-contagious BA.2 version of […]
Archives for March 2022
Interested in starting a child care business? OCCC program resumes April 6
NEWPORT – If the Lincoln County economy is to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s going to need more childcare providers to help take care of kids while their parents […]
After years picking trash along Highway 101 and in Florence, man on a mission turns his attention to Highway 126
LOUIS KRAUSS/Eugene Register-Guard FLORENCE — Take a drive from on Highway 126 east out of Florence and you’ll see something strange — trash bags tied to the metal reflector […]
OSU’s Marine Science Day returns online Saturday, April 9
NEWPORT – The annual Marine Science Day sponsored by the Hatfield Marine Science Center is returning – virtually – from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9. This year’s […]
Oregon Coast CC board seeks applicants for open position
NEWPORT — The governing board for the Oregon Coast Community College is seeking applicants to fill a vacant position by the resignation of Cliff Ryer of Seal Rock. Ryer was […]
Get ready for a bigger and better Waldport Beachcomber Days June 17-19
To the editor: The 66th Waldport Beachcomber Days “Sea of Dreams” is just around the corner. This year’s event is June 17-19 and promises to be a fun-filled family-centered celebration […]
Did Central Oregon Coast fire board back off firing their chief last week? In public meeting, two Seal Rock board members say yes
By QUINTON SMITH and JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com Two members of the Seal Rock Fire District board last week said their counterparts on the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board […]
Fleets of lighted boats return to chase “market” squid off the central Oregon coast as fishery adapts to changing ocean
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com and NICHOLAS TURNER/The Seattle Times Those brightly lit boats working just off offshore can mean only one thing – market squid have just returned to Oregon’s […]
For the first time in more than a year, Yachats city hall was fully staffed this week as new workers learn and train
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – For the first time in more than a year, Yachats city hall was fully staffed this week. Although the office will remain closed to […]
Longtime Oregon women’s writing nonprofit honors Newport author and publisher for her decades of work
A Newport author, poet and founder of the Nye Beach Writer’s Series has been honored with the 2022 Soapstone Bread and Roses Award for her decades or work helping […]