By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS — Mayors, councilors, commission members and city managers have come and gone but finally after at least six years of debate, studies and budgeting the […]
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Lincoln County senator proposing 2025 legislation that would exclude tips from Oregon taxes
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Republican state senator who represents part of the Oregon coast that relies heavily on a tourist economy has submitted a plan to exclude […]
Are you emergency-ready? Yachats fair Saturday helps residents “Be Prepared, Not Scared”
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — Disasters aren’t fun to think about, but wildfires, landslides and earthquakes are even less fun to experience — so “Be Prepared, Not Scared!” is […]
Researchers — and detection dogs — scour the southern Oregon coast to track the elusive, endangered marten
By JULIET GRABLE/Jefferson Public Radio On a warm day in late June, Jessica Buskirk, Alyssa Roddy, and Mark Stevens bushwack through a coastal forest just east of Gold Beach. […]
Five companies become eligible to bid on Oregon first offshore wind energy projects next month
By GOSIA WOZNIASKA/The Oregonian/OregonLive Five companies will be eligible to bid in Oregon’s first offshore wind energy lease sale to be held in mid-October, according to a federal document […]
Big waves off the central Oregon coast fuel cutting-edge effort to harness the ocean for electricity
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA/The Oregonian/OregonLive Off the Oregon coast just north of Waldport, large rounded swells rocked The Discovery from side to side, the waves nearly tipping the boat sideways. […]
Like to demolish big buildings? This Lincoln County project might be right up your alley
Lincoln County is trying to find a contractor good at demolishing buildings. Lots of them. Six, in fact. The county is preparing for the redevelopment of its fairgrounds in […]
With the help of Yachats and other coastal cities, PSU-led study will look at tourism’s effect on microplastics
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Scientific studies have confirmed the ubiquitous presence of tiny particles of plastic up and down the ocean’s food chain in everything from tiny burrowing bay shrimp […]
As economy rebounds, many Lincoln County residents still struggle to find adequate housing
By REBECCA HANSEN-WHITE/KLCC News Over the last 20 years, Marti Johnson has lived in a few small Oregon Coast towns, but she’s always considered Newport home. “Coming up here, […]
More traffic, higher speeds and distracted drivers likely cause for “alarming” increase in Highway 20 fatalities
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Benton County Sheriff’s Office plans weeks of stepped up patrols and at least one warning sign on parts of Highway 20 between Newport and Philomath […]