By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Edith and Kent Hitchings were in Florence last Friday when the longtime whale-watchers checked a Facebook page that monitors orca sightings on the Oregon coast. A […]
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Oregon utility builds nation’s first large-scale wind, solar and battery facility
By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Nestled in the hills of Morrow County, hundreds of solar panels and wind turbines are generating a product that will soon be in high demand […]
Oregon’s rental assistance program expects to run out of money by end of June
By The Oregon Capital Chronicle More than 55,000 Oregon households have avoided eviction thanks to the state’s rent assistance program, but money is quickly running out. The $406 million program, […]
Oregon Coast CC looking for summer, fall term students and community ed instructors
NEWPORT – Oregon Coast Community College is looking for summer and fall students – and people to teach community education non-credit courses. Registration is opened for summer and fall terms […]
School district resumes summer meal programs June 15, but with some changes
WALDPORT – The Lincoln County School District will offer breakfast and lunches again this summer at Crestview Heights and Waldport High schools, but will require children to eat the meals […]
Oregon Legislative Emergency board releases money for indigent defense, mental health
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Lawmakers have released $100 million to fund the legal defense of criminal defendants and more than $150 million to boost reimbursement to providers of behavioral […]
Covid cases resume their climb in Lincoln County and Oregon, but vaccinations and treatments keeping hospitalizations low
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The number of Covid cases in Lincoln County is surging again but because of the area’s high vaccination rate, new treatments […]
Coos Bay hospital announces closure of all its 13 beds for adult psychiatric patients
By NIGE JAQUISS/Willamette Week The Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay has announced it would close its inpatient unit for adult psychiatric patients. That’s a blow for a state that […]
Opposition to Agate Point proposal galvanizes community members
To the editor: The conditional use request for the Agate Point development is going to be considered June 21 by the Yachats Planning Commission. The question is, does the community […]
Sea-themed clothing, gifts, furnishings offered at new Oceanography 101 store in downtown Yachats
YACHATS — You can’t study marine science at Yachats’ newest storefront, but you still might learn something at Oceanography 101. That’s because owner Bridgette Shipley has dotted her new […]