By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com One winter day at Yachats’ social hub (the Post Office), a well-known local realtor ran into an acquaintance. “I’ve retired from real estate,” she announced “and […]
Democrats have advanced a $1.4 billion budget that includes affordable housing, education, health care and other priorities. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By LYNNE TERRY, JULIA SHUMWAY and ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT – After hearing two hours of arguments Wednesday, a Lincoln County circuit judge said she would wait until later this month to rule on whether she […]
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — The Oregon Senate on Thursday approved a bill passed two days earlier by the House to end the agricultural overtime exemption, sinking attempts […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A proposed new tax levy by the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District will likely be similar in size to the $1.59 per $1,000 rate […]
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — The Oregon Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of new logging standards negotiated by timber and environmental groups under the Private Forest Accord […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Department of Education released updated guidance for school districts on Wednesday that ends some testing protocols and contact tracing. The changes to the Ready […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Yachats couple who wanted to turn a former restaurant site overlooking the Yachats River into a farm-to-market restaurant and gathering place have abandoned […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The House passed a proposal Tuesday that would require overtime pay for farmworkers. The proposal passed with 37 Democrats voting for it and […]
You wouldn’t know it from the last few days, but February was a dry, cold month in the Yachats area. A rain and wind storm that pummeled the central coast […]
