COQUILLE — A 21-year-old U.S. Forest Service firefighter from Colorado working in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest died Friday after a pickup truck they were in left the road near […]
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Highway 101 crash near Coos Bay kills couple from Port Orford
COOS BAY – A couple from Port Orford were killed Wednesday night 10 miles south of Coos Bay when their car sideswiped loaded chip trailer and then collided with an […]
OHA ends public health advisory for Seal Rock beach
SEAL ROCK — The Oregon Health Authority on Friday lifted a public health advisory for contact with ocean water at Seal Rock beach three days after water samples showed higher-than-normal […]
Want to pump your own gasoline? Like it or not, for the first time in 72 years Lincoln County residents have a choice
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Sometime Friday, for the first time in 72 years, Lincoln County residents can drive into a service station, jump out and pump their own gasoline. Or […]
Siletz tribe’s new cultural center and museum will open doors to all about its history, culture and language
By OREGON ARTSWATCH It was a moment long overdue when the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians broke ground this year for the Cultural Center and Museum. While a formal […]
Judge orders forfeiture and sale of Yaquina Bay Communications property in Newport to satisfy bank debts
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A Lincoln County judge has ordered the forfeiture and sheriff’s sale of the Newport headquarters and property of six local radio stations to satisfy unpaid bank […]
Nearly 300 traditional to modern quilts will be on display this weekend during Guild’s annual show
By LINDA TURNER GRIEPENTROG/Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — Gone are the days when quilting was done only by our grandmothers using old clothing for piecing. Today, it’s a multi-million-dollar […]
Could a tourist trolley work in Yachats? Chamber — and then maybe city — pursuing feedback on the idea
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A lightbulb went on for Bobbi Price when she was visiting Pacific City and saw a free and quaint trolley shuttling people around town. […]
Toledo’s “First Weekend” takes a moment to dedicate new mural of local artist Michael Gibbons
By Oregon Coast TODAY TOLEDO — Spend even a moment in the mill town of Toledo and it becomes obvious why it is regarded as the place where art […]
Motorists need signs to protect them from “Darwin Tree” on Highway 101
To the editor: ODOT has long refused to acknowledge and remedy a dangerous U.S. Highway 101 road hazard just south of Seal Rock, a few miles north of me, seeming […]