By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Look for the big yellow tour bus this month in Yachats and Waldport. No, it won’t be a country-Western star on tour, or an over-the-hill big […]
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After four months, Lincoln County commissioners resume discussion of vacation rental regulations, aim for late October vote
BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After four months of no discussion, Lincoln County commissioners with little notice began moving ahead again Wednesday on tighter, new rules on vacation rentals in unincorporated […]
Oregon lawmakers finish redrawing local boundaries for Congressional and legislative districts, satisfying Democrats but angering Republicans
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Goodbye, Kurt Schrader. Hello, Peter DeFazio. Goodbye Boomer Wright. Hello Dave Gomberg. Well, in January 2023 most likely. That’s what the final redrawing this week of congressional […]
Interested in local news? Here’s a 2021 update about YachatsNews’ operations, plans for the future — and a request
To readers of YachatsNews: My last update on the news site was eight months ago, so it is time to offer an update on the efforts to bring local […]
Appointments being taken for first Lincoln County booster clinic Friday in Newport, with clinics to follow in Yachats and Lincoln City
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County is ready to offer booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next Friday if a federal agency and a consortium of western states follow […]
After missing a year, Oregon Coast Jazz Party is back Oct. 1-2 under direction of noted clarinetist Ken Peplowski
By Oregon ArtsWatch NEWPORT — After a pause for COVID last year, the Oregon Coast Jazz Party is on again. This year, it comes under the direction of noted […]
Central Coast fire board will get appraisal for station property it wants to buy, but board members and chief clash over other issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The board of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District will get a professional appraisal of the building it is leasing from the […]
“Princess,” the surviving peregrine falcon from Yaquina Head nest is rehabilitated and released from Cape Perpetua
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Tens of thousands of people, glued to a live-streamed video feed, watched in horror three months ago as one peregrine falcon chick after another fell from […]
Oregon ready to submit plan to NOAA that aims to limit humpback whales getting tangled in commercial crab lines
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Since 2013, only seven humpback whales are known to have become tangled with commercial crabbing gear in Oregon’s coastal waters. The number seems small, but humpbacks […]
Three suspects in two truck thefts elude police east of Waldport after off-and-on 13-mile high-speed chase
WALDPORT – They’ve vanished, apparently. Three suspects in the theft of two Ford F-250 trucks eluded police after a high-speed chase from Newport to east of Waldport on Sunday. The […]