By SUZANNE ROIG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s natural beauty is the No.1 draw for visitors, but breweries, restaurants and shopping rank second, according to a survey by the Oregon Values […]
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New commanders in charge of U.S. Coast Guard stations in Coos Bay and Newport are making it a family affair
The U.S. Coast Guard is making it a family affair for the commanders in charge of two major Coast Guard stations along the Oregon coast. Master Chief Scott Slade […]
Central Oregon Coast board chair resigns Monday after two embattled board members are resoundingly recalled
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The chair of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board, who had collaborated unsuccessfully with two recently recalled board members to try to […]
Central coast drinking water group finishes initial work, ready to present plans to state agency staff
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A first-of-its kind effort to address long-term water use and conservation issues on the central Oregon coast is about to have its biggest moment yet. After […]
Newport woman and addiction program say rewards for staying in treatment work — and now Oregon is poised to help pay for them
By EMILY GREEN/The Lund Report NEWPORT — For most of her adult life, Crystal Johnson was, as she puts it, a minivan-driving soccer mom. A life-long Newport resident, the […]
More than 2 years after closing, popular Cape Perpetua Visitor Center reopens with new supervisor and remodeled exhibits
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – In elementary school, Reba Ortiz went on field trips to Cape Perpetua. During her senior year at Waldport High School, Ortiz volunteered at the […]
Central Oregon Coast fire district voters recall two embattled board members by wide margins, but what happens next?
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Two new members of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District were resoundingly recalled by voters Tuesday after the first major count of […]
Sightings of Orca families hunting along the Oregon coast excite throngs of people — and help marine mammal researchers
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Edith and Kent Hitchings were in Florence last Friday when the longtime whale-watchers checked a Facebook page that monitors orca sightings on the Oregon coast. A […]
Covid cases resume their climb in Lincoln County and Oregon, but vaccinations and treatments keeping hospitalizations low
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The number of Covid cases in Lincoln County is surging again but because of the area’s high vaccination rate, new treatments […]
Sea-themed clothing, gifts, furnishings offered at new Oceanography 101 store in downtown Yachats
YACHATS — You can’t study marine science at Yachats’ newest storefront, but you still might learn something at Oceanography 101. That’s because owner Bridgette Shipley has dotted her new […]