By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Vacationers and locals alike cannot help but take a closer look at Roger Harris’s flower garden at 205 Alsea Bay Drive in the Bayshore community on […]
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Oregon’s transportation system is due for an overhaul next year. But no one is sure what to do
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s highway officials say they’re tapped out — and that’s about to mean big problems from Portland to Madras to Medford. As inflation has […]
Work begins this week on final construction phase of first U.S. wave energy test site north of Waldport
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Building the nation’s first wave-energy testing facility just off the central Oregon coast has been a project decades in the making. Now, engineers, researchers and ocean-wave […]
Coast choral group holds big fundraiser Saturday in Newport
Shine up your sequins and dust off your best suit for some Broadway magic, a gala fundraiser presented by Coastal Voices, Lincoln County’s vocal ensemble, at the Newport Performing Arts […]
Benton County landfill operator makes second attempt to expand regional facility
By NATHAN WILK/KLCC News CORVALLIS — The owner of the Coffin Butte landfill in Benton County is once again trying to expand the site. Republic Services says it needs more […]
Transfer of Ocean View Drive to city of Yachats slowing work on proposed estuary boardwalk
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Anyone holding their breath in anticipation of construction beginning on the estuary boardwalk can exhale. It’s going to be awhile. The walkway with a […]
Seven Oregon residents file fifth lawsuit challenging new federal financial regulations
By DON JENKINS/Oregon Capital Press Seven Oregonians have filed the fifth federal lawsuit challenging the Corporate Transparency Act, alleging the financial reporting law invades their privacy and positions the government […]
We need to protest Weyerhaeuser spraying near Eckman Lake
To the editor: How in the world can it possibly be true? Weyerhaeuser has been granted a permit to pray herbicide “as near as 10 feeet” from the Waldport municipal […]
Weyerhaeuser should have to pay for water tests after spraying
To the editor: I am writing to express my concern as a Waldport resident regarding the spraying of pesticides close to the Waldport watershed and adjacent to the public spring water […]
Demolition of Yachats library should take place this month as summer programs ramp up in temporary quarters
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The original Yachats Library building may be only a memory by late July when demolition is expected to make way for a new, bigger […]