To protect mothers, their newborns and young patients from flu viruses, Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport and the group’s hospitals in Lincoln City, Corvallis, Albany and Lebanon will limit […]
News Briefs
Commercial Dungeness crab season will open Dec. 31 along Oregon coast
Fresh Oregon crab will be back on the menu soon — the commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open along all of the Oregon coast Tuesday, Dec. 31, the Oregon Department […]
YachatsNews is taking a short break during the holidays
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from YachatsNews.com A quick note about the next two weeks: YachatsNews will be on a break — posting no stories — during the […]
Yachats Fire wants to start staffing its upriver station in January
The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District wants to start staffing its station seven miles up the Yachats River by early next year. The small sub-station station at 7881 Yachats River […]
Pacific Coast Wind Ensemble performs holiday concert Saturday, Dec. 14 in Yachats
The Pacific Coast Wind Ensemble presents its seventh annual holiday concert at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 in the Yachats Commons multipurpose room. Proceeds from the concert will benefit South […]
$1.2 million grants will allow Samaritan Pacific to start rural residency program for doctors
NEWPORT – Samaritan Health Services has received two grants totaling $1.2 million to develop programs at its hospitals in Newport and Lincoln City to encourage more family doctors to start […]
Yachats production company seeks entries for quilt art show
Polly Plumb Productions is looking for submissions for its second Gems of the Ocean quilt art show scheduled Feb. 14-16 in the Yachats Commons. The Yachats-based organization is seeking ocean-themed […]
Waldport city manager resigning in April 2020 to “recharge”
Waldport City Manager Kerry Kemp plans to resign April 30, 2020, after six years in the job. Kemp, 61, who lives in Yachats, said he simply wants to “take a […]
Want to meet newcomers and old-timers? Village “mixer” is Friday, Dec. 6
The second “Village Mixer” of the year – a chance for people to get to know newcomers and old-timers alike — is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 in […]
Friends of Little Log Church offering two fund-raising performances Dec. 6-7
The Little Log Church and Museum is staging two concerts next week to help raise funds toward the rebuilding of the historical structure on West Third Street. Friends of the […]