By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Except for one issue, The Yachats City Council has finished wrestling with changes to its 2-year-old vacation rental regulations – keeping a 125-license limit, not allowing […]
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Yachats, central Oregon coast businesses reap benefit of another strong tourist season
QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com To spend a couple of hours in the Yachats Visitor Center is to glimpse a microcosm of summer tourism here. There’s a surfer dude and his girlfriend […]
Legislature’s repeal of building ban in coastal tsunami zones brings out critics — and local support
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 […]
Humpback whale euthanized after 30 hours on Waldport beach was healthy before stranding, necropsy shows
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A young humpback whale euthanized Thursday after stranding itself on the beach for 30 hours was a healthy male with no apparent injuries or wounds, according […]
“Shop the Dock” program gives coastal residents and visitors a close-up view of Oregon fisheries
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Angee Doerr faces the group of 26 and runs through some simple instructions: it’s a working dock, so give fishermen the right of way; don’t get too […]
Mysterious murrelet: The public joins survey each July to develop more information on the seabird
By Victoria Sanchez, The Siuslaw News YACHATS – It’s 4:30 a.m. and the rustle of rain jackets and tents interrupts the otherwise stillness of the Cape Perpetua campsite. Some […]
Wakonda Beach State Airport caters to pilots who enjoy flying and the Oregon coast
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The little plane appears in the eastern sky. Skimming over tree tops, it makes a loop south and then turns sharply north to line up with the […]
Expansion of earthquake early-warning system along Oregon coast takes a hit in last days of Legislature
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Take a look at your watch and count the seconds to 120. One, two, three …. 61, 62, 63 … 118, 119, 120. Two minutes. It can […]
Yachats-to-Florence bus has few passengers but gets an extension and likely a big, new lease on life
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Alan Haring pulls away from the bus stop at the Little Log Church in downtown Yachats and heads south on U.S. Highway 101. In 45 minutes – […]
Yachats celebrates Fourth of July and community with pancakes, pie and parade
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats celebrated community on the nation’s Fourth of July holiday by eating pancakes and pie, marching in or watching an oceanside parade, then topping it off with […]