By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The city’s housing stock is dominated by second homes and vacation rentals, there is adequate land for new construction but most of it is […]
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Biden administration announces plans to develop floating wind platforms in the Atlantic and off Oregon and California coasts
By JACOB FISCHLER/States News Service WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will seek to add deep-water offshore wind energy, a developing technology that isn’t yet widely used, to its mix of […]
Oregon’s unemployment rate increases slightly in August, but statewide jobs recovery is complete — except in hospitality industry
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s unemployment rate ticked up from 3.5% to 3.7% in August — the first increase since the big jump at the onset of the coronavirus […]
Waldport-area Meals on Wheels “desperately” needs volunteers to help in kitchen or deliver food to homebound residents
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — More than 60 people from Yachats to Seal Rock and up Oregon Highway 34 depend on Meals on Wheels to provide warm mid-day meals […]
Thieves ruin newlyweds’ honeymoon after car clout at Seal Rock State Park
SEAL ROCK — What was supposed to be a beautiful honeymoon along the Oregon Coast turned into a devastating experience for one newlywed couple when someone broke into their truck […]
Yachats library finds its first paid administrator — a volunteer with a business background — literally right around the corner
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — As of Thursday, Yachats’ venerable, all-volunteer library is still venerable but no longer staffed entirely by volunteers. Traci Miller-Altson of Yachats has been hired […]
Despite LUBA decision, 15neighborhoods group says their STR fight will continue
To the editor: The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals struck down 15neighborhoods’ Ballot Measure 21-203 because it used three “land use” terms to amend Lincoln County’s short-term rental licensing […]
Oregon land-use staffer explains planning system Monday in Yachats
YACHATS – A fledgling community group in Yachats has organized an information session with a state land-use planning official to explain to local residents how Oregon’s land-use process works. Hui […]
Two Lane County residents arrested for series of car clouts at Yachats motels
YACHATS – Two Lane County residents are in the Lincoln County jail after their arrest for a series of car clouts and a car theft at the Overleaf Lodge and […]
“Small but mighty” describes outreach by Yachats Community Presbyterian Church
To the editor: I have a spiral notebook where I jot down the number of people that come to Yachats Community Presbyterian Church for some form of assistance. It’s not […]