By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Amy Parker doesn’t run a non-profit organization. She isn’t affiliated with any social service groups. What she does do, though — for the second year in […]
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Oregon commercial crab season could get off to its earliest start in 7 years, if weather and price negotiations go smoothly
By DANA TIMES/YachatsNews.com There could be crab for Christmas. For the first time in seven years, Oregon’s $60 million commercial Dungeness crab fishery could start on time. Two unknowns […]
Beverly Beach State Park in Lincoln County will get major electrical upgrades next year as part of $50 million Oregon bond program
By LES ZAITZ/Oregon Capital Chronicle The electrical system at Beverly Beach State Park just north of Newport hasn’t kept pace with the ever-growing size of RVs pulling into the […]
Lincoln County commissioners likely to let their vacation rental license moratorium expire as ballot measure rules take effect
NEWPORT — Lincoln County commissioners will let a moratorium on issuing new vacation rental licenses expire for at least a day once the 20-month-old freeze expires Tuesday. County counsel Kristin […]
Yachats council approves commission’s request to seek design/engineering proposals for makeover of city field
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A potential makeover of the big grass field behind Yachats City Hall is on to its next phase. After a discussion over money and staff time, […]
Lawyers for 21 Lincoln County vacation rental owners file notice they will challenge new license restrictions to the state
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The first in what is expected to be a salvo of legal action against new restrictions on vacation rentals in unincorporated Lincoln County came Wednesday when […]
Sheriff’s deputies investigating two arson fires that destroyed or damaged two vehicles along Yachats River Road
BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking an arsonist believed to have set fire to two vehicles on Yachats River Road in the past week — a sedan […]
Revitalized Waldport chamber holds first meeting in two years, outlines changes, plans and direction
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – A revitalized Waldport Chamber of Commerce held its first in-person meeting in at least two years Tuesday, recounting recent accomplishments, handing out a $1,000 […]
NOAA and OSU scientists studying two significant but so far unrelated ocean events — a large, new heat wave and long-lasting hypoxia
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Scientists are tracking two significant but seemingly separate ocean events they say have the potential to play havoc with a number of fish, crab, squid and […]
Shrinking seismic grant to remodel downtown Waldport fire station has COCF&R board considering land and entirely new structure
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – New information about the cost of remodeling its fire station in downtown Waldport has the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District board looking […]