By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service The National Science Foundation has selected Oregon State University and the University of Washington to lead a research program focused on increasing resiliency among […]
Other Yachats Community News
Yachats council finishing interviews with city manager candidates Friday, hopes to name finalists for visits
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council will complete its fourth and last preliminary interview with a city manager candidate Friday morning and then will decide whom to bring in […]
In Oregon and Lincoln County, big COVID-19 wave appears to have crested, but recovery unlikely before holiday season
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The record wave of COVID-19 cases in Oregon and Lincoln County appears to have crested, but the long recovery will […]
Oops. Just days after assurances from officials, Yachats Post Office closed again Monday because of staffing issues
Update Monday, Sept. 20: Despite assurances from Postal Service officials last week that staffing issues had been resolved, the lobby and transaction counter at the Yachats Post Office was closed […]
After repairing mechanical issues, Newport-based researchers set sail again Thursday in search of rare beaked whales
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT — In the inky darkness a couple hundred miles off the Oregon coast, Lisa Ballance slept soundly as the research expedition she led sailed toward […]
What can a rural, coastal community do when a naked man or transients in distress need help? Officially, not a lot
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Laura Mulroney’s first encounter with William Minkema occurred Sept. 3 at the front door of the C&K Market she manages in downtown Yachats. Minkema was not […]
New Waldport 6-day a week city bus system needs two things to launch — suggestions on routes and hiring drivers
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Getting around the city without a car will get easier sometime (hopefully) soon with a planned new bus service that will run a loop […]
Ocean oxygen levels off Oregon coast are not improving this month as scientists worry about worsening “hypoxia season”
By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Oxygen levels in the ocean off the Oregon and Washington coasts are not improving as they usually do this time of year and are […]
Cleaner but still struggling, Yachats Post Office gets spruced up — but customers urged to contact Congress to help restore staff
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com A small band of Yachats residents turned out over the Labor Day weekend to perform housekeeping duties at the Post Office, but their vacuums and cleaners […]
A small army of volunteers helps keep watch over embattled but determined snowy plovers in Lincoln County
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — The nesting season for snowy plovers in Lincoln County is just about over, with the long-endangered birds just now transitioning to their wintering period. […]