By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews The owner of a Waldport wrecking yard who has been fighting with the city of Waldport for a year over its operations and cleanup, has filed […]
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Oregon finally announces Jan. 15 opening of Dungeness crab season, but many commercial fishers say the damage has already been done
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery, after passing a new round of testing, will open Sunday, Jan. 15 from Manzanita to south of Coos Bay, state regulators […]
Owner of south county’s only public laundromat says repairs are almost done and should reopen within weeks
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – After weeks of frustration and months of waiting for repairs, the only public laundromat in south Lincoln County should reopen by the end of […]
With more help on the way, Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies return to 4-day, 10-hour patrol shifts
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews With nine new deputies in training or at the state police academy, Lincoln County patrol deputies returned to their old shift schedule this week after a […]
Lighting the way for 150 years: Yaquina Head Lighthouse spruced up in preparation for sesquicentennial
By TOM BANSE/Northwest News Network/OPB NEWPORT — The stewards of Oregon’s tallest lighthouse are sprucing up the popular landmark on Oregon’s central coast for its 150th anniversary this year. The […]
Beat up for months by her husband — and their maintenance man — Waldport apartment managers now want her to leave
After YachatsNews reported Wednesday that Kim Segaline had been threatened with eviction days after her husband was arrested for repeatedly assaulting her, Segaline said the owner of her apartment […]
Food banks in Yachats, Waldport and Newport see increasing numbers of the working poor asking for help this winter
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews About 18 months ago, the Yachats Food Pantry found itself with more groceries than clients. “If you’re hungry, please come,” urged the pantry leader, reminding people […]
With generous donations and many hands, five Yachats homeless shelters rise in just hours, could open in three weeks
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — Just 33 days after the City Council agreed to help pay for a homeless shelter, a giant truck backed into the rear parking lot […]
Yachats resident sues contractor for $2.5 million after crash that cost her three fingers, numerous other injuries
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews A Yachats resident is suing an Otis excavation company for $2.5 million after she slid on ice into its parked trailer along U.S. Highway 101 near […]
County commissioners vote unanimously to name road east of Waldport after black homesteader, Louis Southworth
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews A unanimous vote by Lincoln County commissioners to change the racist name of a road four miles east of Waldport brought applause from a handful of […]