By BARBARA B. COVELL/Yachats News NEWPORT – Performing arts are back. The number of people attending events at the Newport Performing Arts Center – after dwindling to nearly nothing […]
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Second annual Winter Waters festival highlights coastal foods with three days of events
By Oregon Coast TODAY Salmon and crab are two of the biggest stars of our local waters, but an unsung hero lurks just offshore. Increasingly acknowledged as powerhouse packages […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Pacific Sourdough bakers Nic Agoff and Emma Sadtler
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Almost everyone from Yachats to Newport has stood in line at Pacific Sourdough Bakery in Waldport at least once. Many are there every week, […]
Lincoln County teachers — and special guests — take the stage Sunday for annual performances
By Oregon Coast TODAY The spotlight on the teachers benefit concert “Broadway, Movies and Fun!” will fill the Newport Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Feb. 4, presented by the […]
Parts of Wallowa community are fighting proposal for Dollar General store in their northeast Oregon town
By ANTONIO SIERRA/Oregon Public Broadcasting WALLOWA — The campaign to stop Dollar General from building a new store in the city of Wallowa revolves around two parallel arguments. One of […]
Native American consultants helping Oregon museums change the way they display Indigenous artifacts
By BRIAN BULL/ KLCC News GRAND RONDE — Stephanie Craig is a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde and runs her own business, Kalapuya Weaving & […]
West Coast crabbers rush to aid counterparts in Ilwaco, Wash. after fire destroys thousands of pots
By ISABELLA BREDA/The Seattle Times ILWACO, Wash. — Deckhand Curtis McKenzie and his captain, Zeke Estrella, of the Sunset Charge pulled up to Ilwaco Landing last Monday to drop off […]
When the power goes out, solar systems can be an alternative — but expensive one — even on the Oregon coast
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews When thousands of other Lincoln County residents reached for flashlights and broke out camp stoves during the January ice storm and power outages, Lance and Rebecca […]
Hunger is on the rise in Oregon following downward trend before the pandemic
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A quarter of a century ago, Oregon had one of the highest rates of food insecurity and hunger in the country. By 2019, the situation […]
Waldport High athletic director earns national certification
WALDPORT — Waldport Middle/High School assistant principal and athletic director Steve Cooper recently earned the distinction as a “certified athletic administrator” from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. There have […]