By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Oxygen levels in the ocean off the Oregon and Washington coasts are not improving as they usually do this time of year and are […]
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Cleaner but still struggling, Yachats Post Office gets spruced up — but customers urged to contact Congress to help restore staff
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com A small band of Yachats residents turned out over the Labor Day weekend to perform housekeeping duties at the Post Office, but their vacuums and cleaners […]
A small army of volunteers helps keep watch over embattled but determined snowy plovers in Lincoln County
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — The nesting season for snowy plovers in Lincoln County is just about over, with the long-endangered birds just now transitioning to their wintering period. […]
Enthusiasm — and coronavirus caution — run high as students and staff return to school at Crestview Heights and Waldport Middle/High schools
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Thursday evening was the chance for grade-schoolers to meet their teachers and pick their desks. For middle and high school students, Thursday night was […]
14 apply for Yachats city manager job, but not interim administrator as council outlines process for selection in long, testy meeting
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There are 14 applicants for the Yachats city manager job, but not interim city manager Katherine Guenther who has held dual roles as manager and city […]
COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County spike to 786 in August, straining hospital capacity and staff; commissioners OK $500 bonus for inoculated employees
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County recorded its first COVID-19 case on March 24, 2020 – a local woman who came down with the illness while traveling out of state. […]
Looking beyond what divides us: Opinion poll company and two news organizations look for participants from Lincoln County
By Adam Davis, John Schrag and Amaury Vogel/for YachatsNews.com As opinion researchers and longtime journalist, we have spent decades exploring the divides in Oregon — the political divide, the […]
Contribution from Siletz tribe allows master gardeners to install raised beds at Yachats site
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com If gardening at ground level is troublesome, consider renting one of the new raised beds installed at the Yachats Demonstration and Community Garden at West Seventh […]
State parks says construction of Amanda Trail suspension bridge still on schedule despite higher-than-expected cost
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Despite cost increases driven by inflation, a year-long shutdown triggered by the coronavirus and other factors, construction will start as scheduled on a key bridge along […]
Lincoln County commissioners OK $500 bonus to encourage employee vaccinations, add more sick leave and give out COVID-19 test kits
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County’s commissioners are betting up to $230,000 that the carrot is more effective than the stick. Despite being told a week earlier by its top […]