The Lincoln County Veterans Resource Center is hosting its first women veterans luncheon at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 12 at the Agate Beach Best Western in Newport. The luncheon will […]
Archives for May 2024
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate stays at 4.6 percent in April
Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in April, unchanged from 4.6 percent rate in March, the Oregon Employment Department announced this week. The unemployment rate was 4.2 […]
With 3,000 wreaths, 79th annual Fleet of Flowers on Monday will commemorate those lost at sea
By Oregon Coast TODAY DEPOE BAY — Of the many festivities and commemorations on the central Oregon coast this Memorial Day weekend, few are as visually stunning as Depoe […]
Dance students from two organizations present annual performance Sunday at Newport PAC
By Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — Pacific Dance Ensemble and students from Newport School of Artistic Movement will present their 37th annual gift to the community, “Dances from the […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Artist Phillip Schuster discovered coastal trees and Yachats 40 years ago
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Majestic. Mysterious. Magnificent. The old growth conifer trees on the central Oregon coast are treasures — huge cedars, spruce, fir, and hemlock trees that have been […]
Sea urchins devouring kelp beds off Oregon coast have indirect, negative impact on local gray whales, OSU study finds
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT — A boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact […]
U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Repulican challenge to Oregon’s mail voting system
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle On the eve of Oregon’s primary election, a group of Republican candidates and election deniers learned they won’t get to make their case to the […]
Two of Yachats’ best-known trails advocates put pen to paper to write and publish new book
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — Scenic walking trails are big attractions for local residents and visitors, but how did they come to be? And who keeps the forest and seaside […]
Art show, handcrafts, book bonanza, pancake breakfast fill Memorial Day weekend in Yachats
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews Summer starts sizzling this Memorial Day weekend in Yachats with a roster of special events and local traditions — an art show, a handcrafts and baked […]
Waldport High sophomore wins OCCC’s inaugural business competition
Waldport High School sophomore Judah Tysman has $3,000 in prizes to some day help start his taxidermy business. Judges in the inaugural Youth Entrepreneurship Program “Shark Tank” pitch competition […]