By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – After getting apprised of a contractor’s work to upgrade the city of Yachats’ website and some digging to find out why some necessary approvals […]
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After six years of trying, COCF&R can now quickly launch rescue boat from floating dock at Port of Alsea
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The next time there’s an emergency in Alsea Bay it shouldn’t take Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue firefighters very long to respond. The […]
In landmark vote, Oregon lawmakers Thursday approve campaign finance limits — starting in 2027
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — A bill to cap political giving in the state easily cleared the Oregon Senate on Thursday, in a landmark vote that could reshape […]
Plan to reduce logging, protect habitat in Oregon’s western state forests passes on split vote Thursday
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Following years of planning, tense negotiations and heated public comment, a landmark plan to reduce logging in Oregon’s western state forests to protect threatened species […]
Bayshore off-leash dog injury leads to $900,000 negligence lawsuit
A 78-year-old resident of the Bayshore community north of Waldport is suing another resident and two dog sitters for $900,000 after an off-leash incident in March 2022 resulted in a […]
Oregon’s legislative session will end this week without solution to wildfire funding issues
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon legislators began their short session in February hoping to fill gaps in wildfire funding, with three bills to address landowner wildfire protection […]
Yachats researcher will talk about health, happiness at Samaritan event
Dean Schrock of Yachats has spent years researching the effects of happiness and health and concluding that positive emotions can help make life longer and healthier. Schrock will talk about […]
Original Alsea Bay Bridge was one of 11 coastal spans designed by legendary engineer
Construction on the original 3,011-foot-long Alsea Bay Bridge was funded by the federal Public Works Administration and completed in 1936 after three years of work. It was one of […]
Wyden reschedules Lincoln County town hall to March 16
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. has rescheduled his town hall in Lincoln County that he had to cancel in February because of votes in the Senate. Wyden’s Lincoln County town hall […]
Oregon Legislature tweaks “recreational immunity” law to protect owners of trails for most liability
By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Public hiking trails that closed this past year in response to a civil lawsuit could start reopening again after Oregon lawmakers Tuesday passed temporary […]