By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews The Alsea Bay is a central Oregon coast treasure chest, full of crab and fish and oftentimes boats. For the novice there are many questions: What […]
5 Questions and a Secret
5 Questions and a Secret: Judy Kauffman and her unofficial (for now) Yachats valley century farm
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews One farm owned by one family for more than 100 years — that’s what it takes to qualify for an Oregon Century Farm or Ranch award. […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Pacific Sourdough bakers Nic Agoff and Emma Sadtler
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Almost everyone from Yachats to Newport has stood in line at Pacific Sourdough Bakery in Waldport at least once. Many are there every week, […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Mary Crook and Shelley Yates of “Books and More” in Yachats
BY KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews What do you do when your business partner wants to retire before you do? You hope to find a new one, equally as perfect as the […]
5 Questions and A Secret: Anthony Gainer of “Oh Shoot!” photography in Waldport
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Anthony Gainer was born and raised in Waldport, left for 15 years to explore the world and returned in 2021 to start his photography/videography company, Oh […]
5 Questions and a Secret: New book author Jay V. Chambers of Yachats
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews For almost five years, customers at the Yachats Mercantile store have been used to seeing only one side of Jay Chambers — the side that works […]
5 Questions and A Secret: Oceanside Flooring’s Leona and Mitch Rose
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Have you ever wandered the canyons of a big box home improvement store in quest of help or advice? And come up empty on […]
5 Questions and A Secret: Karen Chalmers and Spinning Sands at Seal Rock beach
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews At any time during the year drivers along U.S. Highway 101 can suddenly find themselves turning their cars to see what is going on at low […]
5 Questions and A Secret: Yaquina Nursery’s Chris and Renee Taylor Valentin
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews When the Yaquina Nursery was up for sale in 2021, a friend told Chris Valentin, “Hey, you and Renee should buy this.” So they did. The […]
5 Questions and A Secret: Green Salmon coffee roaster Adrian Beatty
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com In the summertime, when tourist traffic is at its peak, Adrian Beatty sometimes shows up to work at the Green Salmon Coffee Company as early as […]