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Archives for December 2023
Seashore Literacy’s Green Bike Co-op again playing Santa to dozens of south county children
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Some of Santa’s best helpers work out of a building on Grant Street in Waldport. That’s where volunteer elves with the Green Bike Co-op have been working to give away about 45 bicycles to young children in south Lincoln County this season. For over 12 years, the nonprofit group […]
Kotek, task force recommend more cops, public drug use ban, business tax breaks to help downtown Portland
Gov. Tina Kotek speaks Monday with Derek Thompson, a staff writer for The Atlantic, about housing in Portland. BY JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle PORTLAND – Gov. Tina Kotek and members of her Portland Central City Task Force say the city needs more police officers on the ground, tax breaks for businesses and a ban […]
Second round of seasonal “king tides” return this week
Higher-than-normal tides are hitting the coast this week as the second round of the winter’s king tides occur Wednesday through Friday. Following this week’s tides, subsequent king tides will take place Jan. 11-13; and, Feb. 8-10. The first king tides of the season occurred just after Thanksgiving. On Wednesday, a high tide of 8.73 […]
Stranded turtle found north of Yachats now rehabbing in San Diego
An Olive ridley sea turtle found “cold shocked” and stranded north of Yachats last month is now in its second stage of rehabilitation at SeaWorld San Diego. The Oregon Coast Aquarium rescued the turtle Nov. 19 after receiving calls about a stranded turtle at Beachside State Park between Yachats and Waldport. Cold-stunning is when sea turtles […]
Heceta Head Lightstation puts on lighted Victorian open house again this weekend
By Oregon Coast TODAY Charles Dickens never wrote a novel set in a lighthouse but, if he had, that lighthouse probably would have looked a lot like the Heceta Head Lightstation just south of Yachats. And from 4-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 16-17, the coast’s most picturesque lighthouse will don its finest Dickensian […]
Fiddler who headlined Yachats Celtic Festival recovers his equipment stolen in Portland
By AIMEE GREEN/The Oregonian/OregonLive World-renowned fiddler Alasdair Fraser’s massive social media campaign paid off – he’s gotten back his violin and bows after a thief stole them from his rental car in Portland last month after performing in the Yachats Celtic Music Festival. Last week, two people showed up with the stolen items at […]
Yachats builders collaborating on four rentals along Highway 101
YACHATS — Two Yachats contractors are collaborating to build four long-term rentals on East Ninth Street in Yachats with the hope of possibly adding an additional four studios if and when the city passes an ordinance allowing additional dwelling units. Lippincott Construction and North Pacific Woodwork began work on the project about a month-and-a-half […]
Physician assistant joins Samaritan’s Waldport clinic
WALDPORT – The Samaritan Health Services clinic in Waldport has added a new physician assistant to its staff. Joseph Handley most recently worked at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur, Ga. In Waldport he will provide primary care to people of all ages, Samaritan said in a news release. He completed postgraduate degree […]
Marine science center asking crab fleet to bring it an accidental octopus
NEWPORT — Oregon State University’s marine researchers want an octopus – and asking commercial crabbers to let them know if they happen to find one. The Hatfield Marine Science Center keeps an octopus for six to nine months before returning it to the wild. Jaimie Hart, the visitors center aquarist, said it’s not easy to […]