By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY Most of the time, when we avoid walking under a ladder or crossing paths with a black cat or cross our fingers when we […]
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Yachats arts and sciences group resumes presentations Sunday
YACHATS — The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences is breaking out of its pandemic sleep with a new roster of presentations for the community. “People kept asking when […]
Newport Symphony Orchestra presents fourth concert of the season this weekend with “Magical Tales”
By OREGON COAST TODAY The Newport Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of director Adam Flatt, will greet the new year with “Magical Tales,” at the Newport Performing Arts Center […]
Individual property fee cut from Oregon wildfire funding proposal, but big timber could still get break
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A proposal that would charge each Oregon property owner $10 a year to offset rising fees that timber and ranch landowners pay to […]
Supreme Court will hear Grants Pass homeless camping case, but little impact seen in Oregon
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that originated in Grants Pass and could set a precedent for how cities around the nation are […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Mary Crook and Shelley Yates of “Books and More” in Yachats
BY KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews What do you do when your business partner wants to retire before you do? You hope to find a new one, equally as perfect as the […]
Newport assisted living center without power calls on emergency providers, families to safely move residents
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – After squeaking through the night of generator power with limited light and no television, the residents of Oceanview Senior Living in north Newport packed […]
Without power for days, community of Depoe Bay pulls together with help of neighbors, city and fire department
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews DEPOE BAY – With no electricity and every business in town closed, Depoe Bay resembled a ghost town Monday afternoon. But with sunny skies, a gentle breeze […]
Newport’s emergency shelter quickly set up Sunday and Monday for shivering residents, closes Tuesday evening
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – It was all hands on deck at the Newport Recreation Center on Sunday after powerful winds out of the east Saturday felled trees that […]
Storm stories: Staying warm by the wood stove in Beverly Beach and clearing trees east of Newport
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews It’s 52 degrees in the garage where Julie and Dennis Wehling have been holed up since Saturday. And that’s with the wood stove blazing. That’s better […]