By BREEANA LAUGHLIN/YachatsNews.com Although it cancelled a scaled down in-person event again this year, organizers of 45th annual Newport’s Seafood and Wine Festival are trying to keep the tradition […]
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Worried about sharing agreement with Seal Rock, Central Coast Fire board votes to hire two firefighters to fully staff its engines on all calls
By QUINTON SMITH and JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Sensing that a personnel-sharing agreement with Seal Rock is going to end soon, the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue Board […]
In first meeting with new city manager, Yachats council votes to again proceed with church repair estimate — after getting an earful of complaints
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Wednesday’s Yachats City Council meeting was probably not the way councilors wanted to show new city manager Heide Lambert how they operate. Just three […]
State Farm Insurance sues PacifiCorp for $10.5 million, blaming it for 2020 wildfire that destroyed much of the Otis community
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A wildfire that all but destroyed the community of Otis in September 2020 was caused by negligence when PacifiCorp failed to shut down its power lines […]
Local, free electronics recycling could become more difficult March 1 unless last-minute changes are made in current legislative session
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com Residents of south Lincoln County will soon have fewer places to recycle their electronic waste for free – but an uproar over the change may only […]
Former dance hall and roller rink in downtown Waldport is quickly demolished Thursday, developer open to “any good ideas”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – It didn’t take long Thursday for a 91-year-old blighted building in downtown Waldport to bite the dust. A large track hoe and debris trucks […]
State land-use agency says it has no jurisdiction over new Lincoln County short-term rental rules, sends appeal to circuit court
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The legal fight over Lincoln County’s new restrictions on vacation rentals will likely take place in local court, not before the Oregon Land Use Board of […]
Pushed by the coronavirus pandemic, Oregon — and especially the coast — experiences another record year of outdoors use
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal It was another record-smashing year for the number of people who hiked, camped and explored Oregon’s outdoors, but whether that’s a good or bad […]
Popular Green Bike Co-op may soon be pedaling to a new home in the former Waldport Heritage Museum building
WALDPORT – It looks like the popular Green Bike Co-op could have a new home and the former Waldport Heritage Museum a new occupant. The cooperative, which has operated […]
Wildfire bill in current session of Oregon Legislature could send $4.2 million to Lincoln County School District
By YachatsNews and Oregon Public Broadcasting The Lincoln County School District and three others hit hard by September 2020 wildfires could get $25 million from Oregon lawmakers currently meeting […]