The Yachats City Council has made a dramatic change in the city’s vacation rental ordinance, deciding to allow an unlimited number of rentals in areas of the town zoned […]
Coast Guard helps rescue woman Monday from Yaquina Bay’s south jetty
Coast Guard aircrew assists Newport Fire & Rescue in rescuing injured woman on Yaquina Bay’s North Jetty NEWPORT, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted an injured woman […]
Lincoln County sheriff’s tip of the week: protecting pets during the winter
Downloadable file: 112519-Protecting_Pets_in_Winter.pdf Downloadable file: pets_in_winter.jpg PROTECTING PETS IN WINTER WEATHER Winter is a time we should pay close attention to the safety of our pets. Here are some safety tips to […]
First coastal “King Tides” of the season begin Monday, Nov. 25
Get ready for some big tides starting this week. “King Tides” – when normal high tides are higher than usual – occur once a month during the winter and summer. […]
OSU hauls blue whale bones out of Yaquina Bay after three years of “cleaning”
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU NEWPORT – After more than three years at the bottom of Yaquina Bay, the skeleton of a 78-foot blue whale has been put on dry land so […]
Yachats newcomer offering free Thanksgiving dinner to anyone in town
Markaye Simpson’s children are grown and gone and her husband works out of town. So rather than have Thanksgiving dinner alone, she’s cooking turkey and ham with all […]
Signs, not just vacation rentals, need limits and licenses too
To the editor: Congratulations to the Yachats City Council for finding a solution to the problem of signs in our village. We’ve all been threatened by this issue with little […]
Yachats-to-Florence bus experiment gets extended for two years, starts Saturday service
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A bus system connecting Yachats to Florence has a new, two-year lease on life and is expanding service to Saturdays starting this month. The Oregon Transportation Commission […]
Yachats council backs off big increase in vacation rental fees, opens discussion on unlimited licenses in commercial, motel zones
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council changed directions on two significant vacation rental regulation issues Thursday, backing off a major increase in fees and then launching a discussion […]
Paradise, Calif. fire victim perseveres in Yachats one year after fire destroyed her town
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Tracy Cahn’s daughter is in second grade and looking forward to her first ukulele lesson. Cahn’s son graduated from high school in June, despite living 450 […]