Leon C. Sterner April 26, 1949 – Sept. 28, 2023 Leon Charles Sterner, a longtime Yachats resident who was an integral part of the community died Sept. 28, 2023 at […]
Leon C. Sterner, Yachats
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Archives for September 2023
Yachats car wreck Thursday lands Roseburg man in jail
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YACHATS – A Roseburg man is in the Lincoln County jail after crashing his car Thursday in Yachats and fleeing into a neighborhood. Oregon State Police were able to track […]
Siletz tribe gets $990,000 grant for domestic violence programs
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The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz and two other Oregon tribes have secured more than $2.3 million in federal grants to provide services and promote justice for survivors of domestic […]
Firewood cutting permits for Siuslaw forest available Monday
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WALDPORT — Firewood cutting permits for the Siuslaw National Forest will be available beginning Monday – if there is no federal government shutdown. Commercial and personal use permits are required […]
Pray for clear skies Saturday, Oct. 14 as central Oregon coast becomes first area of U.S. to experience unusual solar eclipse
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By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews The central Oregon coast will provide the first places in the continental U.S. to view an unusual type of solar eclipse that will occur the morning […]
With the help of two churches, Lincoln County prepares to open first emergency winter shelter for the homeless Tuesday
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The first all-weather emergency shelter for the homeless in Lincoln County will open at 6 p.m. Tuesday – alternating between two Newport churches until a permanent […]
Southwest Lincoln Water District manager leaving Oct. 20 for job in New Zealand
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Southwest Lincoln County Water People’s Utility District is looking for a new manager. Tui Anderson, who has been district manager for nearly three years, is […]
Survivor, Oregon Senate GOP leader praise new sex crime law, say more needed
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Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, listens to sexual assault survivor Tiffany Edens during a press conference on Thursday. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A sexual assault survivor […]
Oregon officials consider adding southern resident killer whales to state endangered species list
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BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT – SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 5:45 AM A pod of southern resident killer whales. By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle The number of southern resident orcas that sometime forage along […]
Research on whales, other marine mammals might help decide the location of wind farms off southern Oregon coast
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By SHAUN HALL/EO Media Group A few weeks ago, a small research vessel with several people aboard motored away from a boat ramp on the Rogue River in Gold […]