Newport: Seafood Wine Festival The annual Newport Seafood and Wine Festival started Thursday night at the South Beach Marina in Newport. The festival, in its 43rd year, has become a […]
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This weekend’s Yachats art quilt show treats old practice in a new way
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By KATHERINE LJUNGQVIST/YachatsNews.com The Yachats’ Commons will be transformed into an art gallery for three days starting Friday with the return of the Yachats’ Art Quilt Show. Some 45 […]
“The Hub” in Waldport provides a glimpse into homeless, poverty issues in south Lincoln County
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By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – A tall, rangy man in worn jeans and parka rushes into the storefront near the Waldport Café. “Hey, bro,” he greets the man on […]
Dispute between State Parks and Lane County has closed Heceta lighthouse for more than a year
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By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Each year more than 800,000 people pull off U.S. Highway 101 to visit the Heceta Head Lighthouse state scenic viewpoint 12 miles south of Yachats. Of […]
Ninth annual agate festival expected to draw thousands of rock enthusiasts this weekend
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By KATHERINE LJUNGQVIST/YachatsNews.com The Gem of the Oregon Coast will host the Ninth Annual Yachats Agate Festival at the Yachats Commons this weekend, drawing rock enthusiast from the Pacific […]
After decades of regulation and then cooperation, Oregon waters reopen to groundfish trawling
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS/The Associated Press A rare environmental success story is unfolding in waters off the Oregon and California coasts. After years of fear and uncertainty, bottom trawler fishermen — […]
Yachats shoppers, Lincoln County stores already adjusting to Jan. 1 ban on single-use plastic bags
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By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Yachats residents are joining all Oregonians this week in figuring out how to navigate a new statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. But from the looks of […]
Waldport boys basketball coach helps makes a little Oregon sports history
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By JERRY ULMER/OSAAtoday On the surface, last Saturday’s boys basketball matchup between Waldport and Yamhill-Carlton high schools seemed like an ordinary nonleague game. In the history books it was much more. The […]
Waldport debates what to do next after Umpqua Bank gives away its $600,000 bank building
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By KATHERINE LJUNGQVIST and QUINTON SMITH WALDPORT – What happens when a regional bank walks away from property valued at more than $600,000 and gives it away for free? […]
What does it take to be ‘Young in Yachats’? Six 30-somethings talk about their journeys
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By ELAINE WATKINS/YachatsNews.com Will Susich and Laura Perazzoli were living in the Willamette Valley when they fell in love with Yachats and the Oregon Coast. Brian Hoberg, Daniel Cooper, […]