By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Whether Yachats will have a dedicated Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy in the upcoming year – tied to Waldport receiving a significant discount if it continues with […]
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PacifiCorp and many victims of 2020 Echo Mountain wildfire in Otis settle claims for $178 million
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman-Journal PacifiCorp reached a $178 million settlement with 403 victims of the 2020 Labor Day fires, the company announced this week, while hitting an impasse with […]
Owner of seaweed harvesting company offers seminar on how to identify ocean’s bounty
By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY Alanna Kieffer digs seaweed. Or, more accurately, she cuts pieces of it off with scissors, leaving intact the “hold fast” and the lower part […]
Tibetan monks from India return to Newport for a week of educational, spiritual offerings
By Oregon Coast TODAY The Tibetan monks of the Gaden Shartse Monastery in southern India have been on tour for more than a year and will return to Newport […]
Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District UPDATED NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
Federal appeals court ruling allows hospitals’ mental health lawsuit against Oregon to continue
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle A federal lawsuit that four hospital systems filed against the Oregon Health Authority for failing to adequately care for people experiencing mental illness can continue […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Melaia Kilduff and Eddyville students compete in KidWind World Challenge
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews The Minneapolis Convention Center is a very big place, overwhelming for almost everyone, especially huge in the eyes of four Lincoln County third- and fourth- graders […]
Major Oregon newspaper chain lays off staff, cuts five papers and seeks potential buyer or nonprofit model
By Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/OregonLive EO Media Group, which publishes a dozen newspapers across Oregon, said Monday it will scale back publication of several papers in July, lay off 28 […]
Lincoln County district attorney Danforth announces June 21 resignation, asks for state help to staff office
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County’s embattled district attorney announced Monday she will resign June 21 and that she has asked the Oregon Department of Justice to come in and […]
Yachats affordable housing developer finishes 24-unit Florence complex, plans two more projects
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A Yachats developer has completed a $10.9 million affordable rental housing project in Florence and has plans on the drawing board for two more projects totaling […]