By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The data has been collected, potential solutions sorted, and now the recommendations – short and long-term — have been made on how to possibly […]
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ODFW lowers fall Chinook salmon limits on mid-coast streams starting Aug. 1, but coho catches likely OK again
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews After two years of higher catch limits, Oregon’s fishery managers are cutting back on Chinook salmon harvests in bays and rivers along the central coast starting […]
With a coin flip to break a 2-2 tie, winner Barry Collins is sworn in as Yachats’ newest city council member
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Choosing a new city council member came down to a coin toss at Yachats’ city council meeting Wednesday after four current members were split […]
Lincoln County emergency, fire officials release new safety announcements
Lincoln County Emergency Management and Lincoln County Fire Defense Board are excited to announce the release of our new Wildfire Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in both English and Spanish. […]
Beaverton man dies Tuesday in Highway 18 crash
OTIS – A 21-year-old Beaverton man was killed Tuesday morning when the car in which he was riding left Oregon Highway 18 east of Otis, struck a tree and rolled […]
Yachats council meeting has an unwanted, unpleasant interruption Wednesday
YACHATS — The Yachats City Council barely missed a beat Wednesday when their conversation about hedge heights and nuisance complaints was suddenly disrupted by loud wailing and the appearance […]
Lincoln County voters will decide in November whether to raise lodging tax by 20 percent to support park operations, maintenance
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to ask voters to increase lodging taxes in unincorporated parts of the county by 20 percent to provide additional money […]
Federal audit finds financial mismanagement at Oregon boarding school for Native Americans
Chemawa Indian School in Salem is the oldest continuously running off-reservation Indian boarding school. By ROB MANNING and TONY SCHICK/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s only federally-run boarding school for Native American […]
Nonprofit awards $5 million to widen abortion access in Oregon
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is one of the few states nationwide with few restrictions on abortion access. But that doesn’t mean that abortions are widely available. Three-quarters of […]
Federal judge: Oregon Senate panel violated maverick legislator’s free speech rights
Sen. Brian Boquist, I-Dallas, prevailed in a First Amendment lawsuit he filed against other senators after he was punished for comments he made. By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — […]