By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — After a two-year, Covid-imposed hiatus, the Yachats Mushroom Festival returns Friday for a three-day run that’s expected to draw considerable numbers of fungi-lovers. Mycology […]
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As voting elsewhere comes under attack from partisans, Oregon’s election officials say decades-old mail system has many checks and balances
Elections officials will start sending out ballots next Wednesday. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By MIKE McINALLY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Ben Morris likes to say voting is in Oregon’s DNA. “We were […]
Forum for Yachats mayor and council candidates is Sunday
YACHATS – Yachats Community Presbyterian Church is sponsoring a candidate’s forum Sunday for the public to hear from five people running for Yachats mayor and city council positions in the […]
First Lincoln County “economic summit” is Oct. 20 in Newport
Discussion panels focusing on work, recreation and diversity will highlight the first Lincoln County Economic Summit on Thursday, Oct. 20 in Newport. The summit, a collaboration between the Economic Development […]
After years of cleaning 356 bones from massive Blue whale, OSU seeks $225,000 to help create display in Newport
By LORI TOBIAS/for The Oregonian NEWPORT — Most everyone knows the story of Oregon’s infamous exploding whale. Now there’s another whale destined for fame — this time with a […]
Alaska fishery officials cancel Bristol Bay king and snow crab harvests this winter
By The Seattle Times Alaska officials have canceled the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest, and in a first-ever move, also scuttled the winter harvest of smaller snow crab. […]
Flying out of Eugene? Airport loses two routes, but gains one
EUGENE – Travelers who use the Eugene Airport are losing two routes but gaining another. United Airlines has ended service between Eugene and O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. The route […]
Deadline looming for Otis fire survivors to win a new home — for free
The Echo Mountain Complex Fire, which tore through the Lincoln County community of Otis two years ago, charred at least 2,500 acres. By the time the flames were out, the […]
Owners of Gibson Farms in Lincoln County learn to take advantage of location, while trying to fight off blueberry-eating pigeons
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI/Oregon Capital Press SILETZ — As an island of agriculture in a sea of timber production, the owners of Gibson Farms have learned to take advantage of […]
Sigler pleads guilty to manslaughter and burglaries in 2020 killing of Mark Campbell, sentenced to 27 years in prison
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT – One by one they walked up to face the man who had just admitted Tuesday to killing Mark Campbell of Waldport nearly two years […]