YACHATS – The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board has been unable to hold its first meeting of the year — and decide how to give firefighters enough of a […]
Lack of quorum again stymies Yachats fire district board
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Yachats “Swifty” group seeks funding to expand its aid to migrating birds, builds website, launches video
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By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — While their winged tenants are wintering in warmer climes, a local group of bird-lovers is expanding to provide more nesting boxes for some migrating […]
Fire destroys abandoned house Sunday north of Yachats
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YACHATS – U.S. Highway 101 three miles north of Yachats was closed for nearly two hours Sunday night as firefighters from three departments fought a blaze that destroyed an […]
How a Lincoln City startup took advantage of Oregon DEQ program with lax oversight to net $1.8 million
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BY ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Behind a convenience store on Oregon Highway 18 near Sheridan, three electric vehicle charging machines sit wrapped in plastic. They have been there since April […]
OSU’s PacWave energy project north of Waldport signs contracts for miles of cable and construction of electrical substation
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By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service The last major pieces of the contract to build the wave energy test facility PacWave South near Waldport have been executed, paving the way […]
Newport newspaper will go to once-a-week publication Feb. 10
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NEWPORT – The Newport News-Times, which has been publishing twice a week since 1993, will cut back to a one day a week on Friday, Feb. 10. The paper announced […]
Oregon Coast CC plans to ask voters in May to approve $32 million bond for new workforce training center, other projects
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NEWPORT – The Oregon Coast Community College board intends to ask Lincoln County voters in May to approve a $32 million bond to replace one expiring next year. The […]
Lincoln City man killed Thursday in Highway 18 crash
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A 71-year-old Lincoln County man was killed Thursday, Jan. 19, when his small SUV collided head on with another vehicle on the Oregon Highway 18 bypass west of Dundee. Oregon […]
Oregon based newspaper group plans to open newsroom in Medford, following Mail Tribune’s shutdown
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By ZACH DEMARS/The Bulletin On the heels of the closure of the century-old Medford Mail Tribune, EO Media Group announced Friday the company’s plans to open a new publication in […]
After boom of 2021-22, Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishermen now buffeted by low prices, short season and rough weather
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews If you buy a fresh Oregon Dungeness crab from the market this weekend, you’ll pay around $7.95 a pound – half what it cost this time […]