By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – They’ve endured the wind, the rain, the hail and the near-freezing temperatures. They’ve heard the horn honks and seen the thumbs up – and the middle finger wave. This Saturday, an intrepid band of Yachats residents will note a special milestone – an hour every Saturday morning for three […]
Archives for May 2023
Yachats Arts Guild and Yachats Ladies Club hold 2- and 3-day shows beginning Saturday
YACHATS — Yachats’ summer season officially launches this weekend with the return of two popular attractions — the Yachats Arts Guild’s three-day art show and the Yachats Ladies Club’s two-day benefit sale of handcrafted items and baked goods. The art show, themed “Here Comes The Sun”, runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday […]
Yachats council agrees to ask former southern California newspaper executive to be interim city manager
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – Rick Sant moved to Yachats three years ago after a career helping run large newspaper operations in Orange County, Calif. and Spokane. Now he’s offering to help the city of Yachats until it can find a new city manager. After a special meeting and executive session Tuesday, the city […]
Democrats in Oregon Legislature agree on historic school funding but bill stalled by Senate Republican walkout
Democratic leaders in the Legislature have agreed to spend a record $10.2 billion over the next two years on school funding. (Getty Images) BY ALEX BAUMHARDT and JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Democratic leaders in the 2023 Oregon Legislature have agreed to spend a record amount on schools over the next two years after […]
Maritime Heritage Center in Newport opens four-month photo exhibit on seaweed, kelp and ocean health
By Oregon ArtsWatch A traveling exhibit by a San Francisco author and photographer that explores the important of seaweed and kelp to ocean health opens Thursday at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center in Newport. The exhibit featuring Josie Iselin’s color portraits of seaweed continues through Oct. 1. In conjunction with the opening, the maritime […]
Gov. Kotek calls Senate Republicans ‘disrespectful’ after closed-door meetings Monday in 14th day of walkout
A sign for the Office of the Senate President at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Gov. Tina Kotek met with Republican and Democratic senators on Monday in separate meetings on the GOP-led Senate walkout continued. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek […]
Samaritan sells its medical equipment business to Idaho company
Samaritan Health Services has completed the sale of its durable medical equipment business Samaritan Medical Supplies to Norco Medical of Boise, a 75-year-old provider of high-quality home medical supplies. “We chose Norco for several reasons, but primarily because they are a well-established family- and employee-owned company based in the Northwest that is highly focused on […]
Here’s what Oregon’s controversial abortion, gender-affirming care bill would do as Republican Senate walkout continues
Supporters of Republican senators rally at the Oregon Capitol on May 15 to voice opposition to House Bill 2002, an abortion and gender-affirming health care bill. The GOP-led walkout prevented the Senate from conducting business for a 10th day. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Senate Republicans are more than two weeks into a […]
OSU’s new ocean research vessel headed to Newport next year has been successfully launched in Louisiana
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service A new 200-foot research vessel headed to the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport was successfully launched last week at a shipyard in Louisiana. The ship, R/V Taani, is being constructed as part of a project, led by Oregon State University and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, […]
Major Newport organization providing homeless services in Lincoln County announces it will shut down in mid June
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews One of the major service providers to the homeless in Lincoln County is closing next month due to the poor health of its founder, money issues and a dwindling number of volunteers. Grace Wins Haven, which operates out of a building on Northeast First Street in Newport, plans to close June […]