Waldport High School’s football season ended Friday night in the high desert of southeastern Oregon. Lost River High School of Merrill, Ore. used a punishing ground game and a […]
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Siuslaw Forest officials tells homeowner near Forest Hills Street to allow hikers on adjacent, public Starr Creek trail
By QUINTON SMITH/YahatsNews.com After months of complaints by a Yachats trails user, Siuslaw National Forest officials have agreed to resolve a conflict with a homeowner on Forest Hills Street […]
Faced with increasing stress and more struggling students, Lincoln County teachers union asks district to ease up on new programs
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Lots of teachers in the Lincoln County School District are stressed and some are talking about quitting. Administrators and classified staff are stressed too. […]
Yachats fire board discusses how to proceed after Nov. 2 levy defeat, but uncertain on what to do next or how to do it
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The board of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District is not sure what it’s going to do about its levy proposal that voters turned down last […]
Yachats council OKs church request to unlock city pavilion at night and to allow homeless to sleep there during winter
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council has voted unanimously to open the pavilion behind the Commons on nights with bad weather to allow homeless people to sleep in […]
Yachats council votes 4-1 Thursday to negotiate contract with Gretchen Dubie to become its next city manager
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council voted 4-1 Thursday to negotiate a contract with Gretchen Dubie, the former head of a large nonprofit organization in Eugene, to become […]
Lincoln County begins working on implementing vacation rental phase out in unincorporated neighborhoods, sheriff sends notices and opponents vow to fight on
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Two days after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure phasing out vacation rentals in unincorporated neighborhoods of Lincoln County, discussion has started how to implement […]
Yachats-area voters reject big, new levy request by Yachats fire district, the first election defeat in its history
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District’s request for a big, new tax levy went down in flames Tuesday as voters turned down a money appeal for […]
After initial setback, OSU marine researchers from Newport get lucky and find rare beaked whale off Oregon coast
By JES BURNS/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Engine trouble can be a real drag. Especially when you’re just a few days into a week-long journey to the Great Pacific […]
Investigator for lawyers in class action suit says Echo Mountain fire and three others in 2020 likely caused by PacificCorp equipment
By CASSANDRA PROFITA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Four of the fires that burned across Oregon on Labor Day of 2020 were likely caused by equipment owned by PacifiCorp, according to a […]