By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Tests by a state agency last week at a troubled Waldport elementary school showed no toxic elements or mold still in the building that may […]
Central coast’s only elk habitat area has special meaning for ODFW
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The pasture stretches for a mile, bordered on the south side by the Yachats River. In the middle are meandering bush-lined ditches filled with water for frogs […]
Crews reinstall steps Thursday at the north end of the 804 Trail
City starts tests to examine problem with Horizon Hill Road
The city of Yachats started a year-long $18,000 project Thursday to see if a portion of Horizon Hill Road is sloughing off the steep hillside east of downtown. A contractor […]
ODFW, fishing group sponsor Alsea River cleanup on Sunday
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Alsea Sportsman’s Association will join forces with other conservation-minded individuals on Sunday, April 28 to clean up the Alsea River. This event […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate drops slightly in March
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in March but still is higher than the state or national average. The Oregon Employment Department’s Newport office reported this week that Lincoln County’s […]
Yachats conservation group puts riverside property pursuit on hold
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A local conservation group organizing an effort to buy 30 acres of undeveloped land along the Yachats River is putting the effort on hold and dropping a […]
Waldport school closed Thursday and Friday for tests of building issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Waldport’s only elementary school is closing for two days this week so a state agency in charge of workplace safety can help the Lincoln County School […]
City commission wants museum board to step up its fundraising efforts
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats commission tasked with oversight of the Little Log Church and Museum wants to see more information and involvement from the museum board to make it […]
Council gets push-back on one-way grid proposal for Ocean View Drive
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNew.com The Yachats City Council got some push-back Wednesday night as it sought comments on changing traffic flows on Ocean View Drive east and north of Yachats State […]