By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews If you like to eat, thank a bee. Or a butterfly. Or a hummingbird. And also thank a local volunteer group that’s building awareness of these […]
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Waldport accepting applications for mayor position and council seats; Holland not running again
WALDPORT — The city of Waldport is accepting applications for the position of mayor and three council seats for the Nov. 5 general election. Anyone wanting to run […]
Heceta Bank off the central coast is the center of marine diversity and production. Does it need more protection?
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Accounts of the stunning biological diversity and productivity of an undersea formation 35 miles off Cape Perpetua are hardly new. They first appeared, after all, in […]
Oregon Coast CC and two employee unions announce agreement on new 5-year contracts
Oregon Coast Community College and its staff and faculty have settled contracts resulting in wage increases of more than 30 percent over five years. The American Federation of […]
Anderson’s stop in Yachats focuses on jobs and childcare, taxes and tourists, logging and herbicides
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – State Sen. Dick Anderson got quizzed on infrastructure and tourists, herbicides and logging, education and elections Tuesday during a 75-minute town hall in Yachats. […]
For 54 years the Newport Fishermen’s Wives have been supporting the coastal fishing community in times of need
By SYDNE LONG and MALYA FASS/FLUX Magazine NEWPORT — “One day I’m going to die at sea,” Josh Porter said as he walked into his living room to greet […]
Yachats council votes unanimously to split cost of single sheriff’s deputy with Waldport in one-year trial
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – There is a new sheriff in town. Or there will be soon. With an eye toward balancing budget constraints and consistency, the Yachats city […]
Yachats council agrees to negotiate with landowner in effort to stop 20-acre clearcut south of city
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – What it would cost the city of Yachats to prevent an eyesore of a clearcut that in turn will eliminate community concerns about landslides […]
Waldport says it will test city water and monitor herbicide spraying on 110-acre Weyerhaeuser clearcut
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – A plan to spray herbicides on a Weyerhaeuser clearcut near one of Waldport’s municipal water sources has drawn condemnation by people who oppose the […]
Oregon releases draft of new wildfire hazard map replacing one that drew backlash in 2022
By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon has a new draft map illustrating which areas of the state are most susceptible to wildfires. Oregon State University and the Oregon Department […]