WALDPORT – A dust-up between audience members at a local fire district board meeting has spilled into the grocery aisles of Ray’s Market. A Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy cited Tamara […]
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Air Force veteran Monique DeSpain will challenge Val Hoyle in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Republican Air Force veteran and attorney plans to challenge Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Ore., counting on voters’ frustrations with crime and homelessness and suspicion of […]
City of Waldport lands $100,000 Travel Oregon grant to help develop pavilion in Louis Southworth Park
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT — The city of Waldport has received a $100,000 grant from Travel Oregon to help pave the Heritage Pavilion in the new Louis Southworth Park […]
Applications open for $130,000 in Lincoln County economic development grants
Lincoln County is accepting applications from local nonprofits and governments for $130,000 in economic development grants until Dec. 18. The awards will include one $60,000 grant to a project focused […]
Yachats chamber receives $100,000 grant to help fund tourist trolley but the city misses out
YACHATS — Efforts to bring a tourist-style trolley to Yachats have run into a snag after Travel Oregon announced Thursday that while the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce received […]
Police arrest Tillamook County woman after Wednesday crash on Highway 101
Oregon State Police arrested a 58-year-old Tillamook County woman Wednesday on a variety of charges after a three-car collision on U.S. Highway 101 near the summit of Cape Foulweather sent […]
Commercial Dungeness crab season in Oregon, Washington and California delayed until at least Dec. 16
NEWPORT – Pre-season testing shows Dungeness crabs are too low in meat yield in some ocean areas, delaying Oregon’s commercial season until at least Dec. 16, the Oregon Department of […]
After headlining Yachats Celtic Music Festival, duo of Fraser and Haas get a lot different reception in Portland
By AIMEE GREEN/The Oregonian/OregonLive As one of two headline acts at the Yachats Celtic Music Festival, fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas played to a full house and […]
View the Future and its supporters urge Oregon parks commission to buy 950-acre Yachats Ridge property
BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Twenty years of trying to end decades of clearcuts and neglect of the ridge that serves as a backdrop to Yachats and instead restore […]
Yes, it’s the time of year for Medicare information, counseling and decisions — all by Dec. 7 deadline
BY CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews It’s that special time of year — family and friends gathering to give thanks, people sharing warm holiday wishes — and for folks near 65 and […]