More than 100 environmental advocates from 40 countries will get a day-long introduction to Yachats and the central Oregon coast during field trips Tuesday sponsored by the Environmental Law Alliance […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday they have reached a tentative deal to create a new type of misdemeanor that would give defendants no jail […]
NEWPORT — Citing increased traffic and cost, Newport’s city council will ask voters in May to approve a higher, year-round gas tax. The measure would increase the gas tax to […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Corinne McElroy knows one of the men who rescued her from the ocean Sunday. He’s Mike, her husband of 45 years. Now she’s looking for the […]
To the editor: In the past decade, Oregon’s European green crab population has exploded. This invasive species devastates our coastal and nearshore areas. Green crabs prey on countless critters, such as […]
NEWPORT — Oregon State Police is stepping up patrols along the central Oregon coast Thursday through Sunday during the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival, which can draw up to 25,000 […]
The Siuslaw National Forest and the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians have signed an agreement giving the tribe a larger voice in the management of the […]
NEWPORT – The Oregon Marine Reserves Program has hired Sarah Klain as its new human dimensions project leader. Klain is a former Utah State University professor of ecosystem services who […]
The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund distributed nearly $428,000 to 28 organizations in February as part of its quarterly donations to nonprofit groups in Lincoln County and 10 other counties […]
The Little Log Church in Yachats was built with donated labor and materials in 1927 and was officially dedicated in the early 1930s. The logs were floated down the […]
