By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a significant decline in body length […]
Archives for June 2024
Tickets are now on sale for annual Siletz Bay Music Festival in August
By Oregon Coast TODAY Expanding on a tradition of bringing world-class orchestral, jazz and chamber music to the Oregon coast, this year’s Siletz Bay Music Festival will add new […]
Want to march in Yachats’ July 4 parade? There are deadlines coming up
YACHATS — Want to be part of Yachats’ July 4 La de da Parade? There are two ways to be involved and both have deadlines coming up soon. Would-be marchers […]
Starting out as U.S. Life Saving Service, Coast Guard has been on central coast since 1896
The U.S. Coast Guard has a long history on the central Oregon coast. The service was originally called the U.S. Life Saving Service and its first Yaquina Bay station […]
Yachats Lions award $33,000 to 14 community organizations Tuesday
YACHATS – The Yachats Lions Club gave $33,000 to 14 community organizations Tuesday night to wrap up its charitable giving for 2024, led by $10,000 to two Waldport schools and […]
Lincoln County opens applications for $398,000 in water, sewer grants
Lincoln County is allocating $398,000 of its American Rescue Plan Act money to invest in local water, sewer and drainage districts serving unincorporated areas of the county. The county said […]
Leader of Oregon Black Pioneer group speaks Sunday in Yachats
YACHATS — The rich and often overlooked history and legacy of African-Americans in Oregon is the topic of a 2 p.m. Sunday presentation at the Yachats Commons. “Uncovering Oregon’s Black […]
New Cascadia subduction zone research says worst of potential earthquakes could be north of Oregon
By NIKK OGASA/Science News The most destructive Cascadian earthquakes are likely to slam offshore of Washington state and Vancouver Island and not necessarily the Oregon coast, new data reveal. […]
Agencies end response to coastal tar balls, still don’t know origin
Nearly three weeks after oil coated and killed several birds on the Oregon and southern Washington coasts, officials say they still don’t know where the sticky petroleum product came from. […]
A wandering wolverine is back on the coast — and caught (then released) in a trap on the beach
By KAREN RICHARDS/KLCC News There was yet another wolverine encounter on the Oregon coast late last week – and this time visiting the beach where it was caught in […]