November rain in Yachats was the lowest recorded in the last 10 years, resulting in an 11-month total rainfall amount for the area just 71 percent of normal. There […]
Get ready for some big tides starting this week. “King Tides” – when normal high tides are higher than usual – occur once a month during the winter and summer. […]
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU NEWPORT – After more than three years at the bottom of Yaquina Bay, the skeleton of a 78-foot blue whale has been put on dry land so […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com On the cloudy Oregon coast, the Central Lincoln People’s Utility District just discovered that well-priced solar power can still be popular. On Tuesday, Oct. 22, the […]
By Quinton Smith/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Delays in getting a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is forcing the Port of Alsea to delay rebuilding its marina and […]
After more than two years studying the issue, a Lincoln County circuit judge has tossed out a voter-approved initiative that would have banned aerial spraying of pesticides in the […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Wally Orchard admits his hobby – if you can call it that — is a little out of hand. There is the timely gathering of tiny […]
Volunteers from a national historic preservation group will spend the next two weeks replacing the roof and doing other smaller restoration work on the West Shelter high on Cape […]
By ANDREW SELSKY/The Associated Press NEWPORT — With sunlight sparkling off surrounding Yaquina Bay, workers are putting up an ocean-studies building, smack in the middle of an area expected […]
A young humpback whale euthanized last week near Waldport after stranding itself on the beach for more than a day was a healthy male with no apparent injuries or […]
