By Oregon ArtsWatch NEWPORT — Songwriter Rand Bishop is not, by his own admission, much of a sport about aging. But he is realistic and not without a sense of humor. So, […]
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Yachats Celtic Music Festival came back with a bang — to the delight of appreciative audiences, volunteers and community
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Susan Emerson came from Corvallis. Jennie Smith and her daughter, Katherine, from Madras. Mike Kin drove up from Brookings. And on their years-long tour […]
Life-sized bronze statue of Louis Southworth — the Black homesteader and namesake of new Waldport park — will be unveiled Nov. 19
By SUSAN PALMER/For YachatsNews.com It’s only a matter of time until someone makes a movie about Louis Southworth’s remarkable life. An Oregon pioneer, a professional fiddle player, a blacksmith, […]
Gomberg wins sixth term in Oregon House District 10; Miller elected to Lincoln County commission
Rep. David Gomberg, D-Otis, sailed to an easy victory in his House District 10 re-election bid over three days of vote-counting that nearly wrapped up Thursday. Gomberg received 20,874 votes […]
Waldport city council will be getting two new members, two incumbents return; voters approve COCF&R levy
WALDPORT — Waldport city council meetings may look a bit like the teachers’ lounge at Crestview Heights or Waldport Middle/High School in January. Two teachers — Melaia Kilduff and […]
Yachats Celtic Festival returns after two-year absence to international performers, sold out shows — and some free events
BY CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Tune up the bagpipes, rosin up the fiddle bows and stand back: the Yachats Celtic Music Festival hits town this weekend with a sold-out […]
In another sign of the political times, Lincoln County clerk’s office counts thousands of general election ballots under unprecedented levels of outside scrutiny
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT – By the time the first voting results are released at 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, your ballot will have been handled seven times by Lincoln County […]
A dry fall pushes more black bears into coastal neighborhoods, scrounging for food in preparation for winter hibernation
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Black bears — driven by failures in their normal autumn food supplies — are rummaging through garbage cans up and down Oregon’s central coast and generally […]
Yachats community will gather Sunday, Nov. 20 to throw Don Dougherty a going-away 65th birthday bash
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Don Dougherty is getting a birthday party and a sendoff. Dougherty, 64, who lived in and around Yachats for the last 30 years, died […]
Columbia Bank is selling its branches in Waldport and Newport, but their new owner — whoever they are — will continue to operate them
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Columbia Bank is selling – but not closing — its branch offices in Waldport and Newport as a proposed merger with Umpqua Bank nears […]