By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats Library Commission voted unanimously Thursday to ask the city council if it can proceed with plans to tear down the library on […]
Archives for November 2023
5 Questions and A Secret: Karen Chalmers and Spinning Sands at Seal Rock beach
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews At any time during the year drivers along U.S. Highway 101 can suddenly find themselves turning their cars to see what is going on at low […]
Oregon State walks away from Elliot State Forest research plan, but backers say forest in good hands
By APRIL EHRLICH and MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon State University is stepping back from a years-long effort to turn the Elliott State Forest into the country’s largest research forest, […]
Cast of 27 children and adults brings “Maltida: the Musical” to the Newport Performing Arts Center sage
By BARBARA B. COVELL/Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — It’s an age-old story with a modern-day twist. “Matilda: the Musical,” running each weekend through Dec. 3 at the Newport Performing […]
Lincoln City Cultural Center hosts coming out party for its plaza on Saturday
By Oregon Coast TODAY For the past eight months, drivers taking U.S. Highway 101 through Lincoln City have been the curious audience for a creative work in progress, a […]
Oregon’s first large-scale solar park and farm near Harrisburg hinges on 50-year-old land use laws
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle HARRISBURG — John Langdon and his brother have experimented with all kinds of crops and techniques on their multigenerational farm in Harrisburg in the […]
Oregon lawmakers get updated revenue forecast, poised to address crises with increased funds next year
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting With an addiction and drug crisis top of mind for many, homelessness and housing programs clamoring for money, and looming unrest in the state’s K-12 […]
Waldport Meals on Wheels site seeks more kitchen volunteers
WALDPORT — Kitchen volunteers are needed to help Meals on Wheels bring warm mid-day food to some 60 people from Seal Rock to Yachats. “Because of our regular volunteers’ holiday […]
Oregon House Republicans ask state Democratic leaders for Measure 110 changes
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon House Republicans called for the state’s Democratic leaders to make several changes to Measure 110, the state’s drug decriminalization law. In a […]
The mystery of a $1,866 monthly Yachats water bill is solved. (Hint: Is your toilet running?)
BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The mystery of the Yachats water bill run amuck is solved. Stephen Issac, who lives alone and whose monthly water bill averages $130, was […]