WALDPORT – Have a pile of poisons in your garage, a drawer full of old batteries, or florescent lights stacked in a corner? You can get rid of them for […]
Public can drop off hazardous waste Saturday in Waldport for free
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Archives for July 2023
Nearly 12,000 Oregonians who have been making student loan payments for 20 years will have debt wiped out
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By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Nearly 12,000 Oregonians who have been making payments on their federal student loans for at least 20 years will soon find their balances […]
After a week in the sand, 16-ton cabin cruiser removed Saturday from the beach south of Newport
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Empress is off the beach – and in Toledo for inspection and repairs. Crews from Coastal Towing & Salvage of Ilwaco, Wash. used an excavator, […]
After completing two housing studies, Yachats seeks third grant to help find short- and long-term solutions
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The data has been collected, potential solutions sorted, and now the recommendations – short and long-term — have been made on how to possibly […]
ODFW lowers fall Chinook salmon limits on mid-coast streams starting Aug. 1, but coho catches likely OK again
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews After two years of higher catch limits, Oregon’s fishery managers are cutting back on Chinook salmon harvests in bays and rivers along the central coast starting […]
With a coin flip to break a 2-2 tie, winner Barry Collins is sworn in as Yachats’ newest city council member
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By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Choosing a new city council member came down to a coin toss at Yachats’ city council meeting Wednesday after four current members were split […]
Lincoln County emergency, fire officials release new safety announcements
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Lincoln County Emergency Management and Lincoln County Fire Defense Board are excited to announce the release of our new Wildfire Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in both English and Spanish. […]
Beaverton man dies Tuesday in Highway 18 crash
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OTIS – A 21-year-old Beaverton man was killed Tuesday morning when the car in which he was riding left Oregon Highway 18 east of Otis, struck a tree and rolled […]
Yachats council meeting has an unwanted, unpleasant interruption Wednesday
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YACHATS — The Yachats City Council barely missed a beat Wednesday when their conversation about hedge heights and nuisance complaints was suddenly disrupted by loud wailing and the appearance […]
Lincoln County voters will decide in November whether to raise lodging tax by 20 percent to support park operations, maintenance
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to ask voters to increase lodging taxes in unincorporated parts of the county by 20 percent to provide additional money […]