By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Sixteen ocean-themed films will be featured during the inaugural Big Blue Film Fest Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at Hatfield Marine Science Center. The […]
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Waldport swears in two new council members, OKs new parking and garage rules and gets briefing on homeless laws
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews WALDPORT — The Waldport city recorder swore in four councilors and the mayor for new terms Thursday, adding two more educators to the dais. Some of […]
Yachats Lions Club crab feed returns Saturday; ticket deadline is Wednesday
YACHATS – The Yachats Lions Club’s annual fundraising crab feed is returning to in-person dining Saturday as the Covid pandemic fades and Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season reopens. The […]
State’s lawyers ask Oregon Supreme Court to dissolve preliminary injunction blocking gun laws
By LILLIAM MONGEAU HUGHES/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon Department of Justice filed a petition Friday asking the Oregon Supreme Court to dissolve a preliminary injunction that is keeping Oregon’s new […]
Decades after lobbying for Oregon Farm Bureau, new executive director returns to lead it
Greg Addington was previously executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association, a nonprofit focused on securing water access for Klamath Basin farmers and ranchers. . By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital […]
Back to work. After 40 years of creating stained glass art, Chuck Franklin’s retirement to Waldport didn’t last long
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews WALDPORT – At first it sounded good to finally set his grozing iron down. After more than 40 years of around-the-clock work, it seemed reasonable. Who […]
County commissioners begin long-awaited discussion on how and where to limit vacation rental licenses
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews During its first open discussion on vacation rental license caps in nearly two years, Lincoln County commissioners Wednesday considered buffers to lower the density of rentals […]
As climate warms, drier air likely to be more stressful than less rainfall for Douglas fir trees, according to new OSU study
By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service CORVALLIS – Douglas-fir trees will likely experience more stress from drier air as the climate changes than they will from less rain, computer modeling by […]
New audit says Oregon’s broadband office not prepared for federal infrastructure grants
An audit found that work needs to be done for Oregon to be ready to receive federal broadband funding. (Steven Puetzer/Getty Images) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s […]
Yachats nonprofit seeks community comments for strategic planning
To the editor: View the Future, a Yachats-based non-profit organization, was founded in 2004 to help preserve, protect and enhance our area’s natural, cultural and recreational environment for the Yachats […]