By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews BLODGETT – Benton County Sheriff Lt. Toby Bottorff’s patrol SUV sits in a wide spot along U.S. Highway 20 just a few hundred yards west of […]
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season is off and running but has been slower out of the blocks this year after gale force winds on […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The monthly lunch may have had all the ingredients of a Christmas dinner – ham, sweet potatoes, corn casserole, salad, rolls and cookies – […]
WALDPORT – City manager Dann Cutter received praise for doing a good job from the Waldport city council during his annual review last week, and a 5 percent pay raise […]
By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County. The Archie Creek Fire burned across more than 131,000 […]
The Toledo city council, Lincoln City’s mayor and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are condemning a racist letter they received or is circulating that encourages residents to help round up […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County commissioners Wednesday extended a years-old moratorium on new vacation rental licenses for another three months, but also said it was time to examine how […]
Susie M. Charnik April 8, 1928 – Dec. 15, 2024 Susie Marie Charnik, 96, originally from Los Osos, Calif., peacefully passed away Dec. 15, 2024, in Yachats. She had […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A federal judge in Eugene has dismissed a timber company lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service over its response to a destructive and deadly blaze […]
