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Dave Baldwin is Yachats’ Renaissance Man — baseball, genetics, engineering, poetry and now big bold paintings
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Other Yachats Community News
Is a $10 monthly fee for street repairs a good idea? City of Yachats says it will go slow on the suggestion
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By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Over the next couple of months the city of Yachats will evaluate whether to tack on a $10 fee to monthly water bills to […]
41 years after Kelly Disney was killed, Lincoln County cold case investigators promise they won’t give up
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Assistance from FBI field agents and the agency’s behavorial analysis unit is helping two Lincoln County cold case investigators make progress on solving the killing of […]
Crews remove 90-year-old bronze bell from atop Little Log Church in most visible act of $370,000 renovation
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By YachatsNews YACHATS – It was a delicate procedure for a construction crew – how to access and then lift a corroding, 90-year-old bronze bell Thursday from the roof […]
Millions of herring make annual return to Yaquina Bay creating spectacular frenzy for sea lions, birds and fishermen
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By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT — One of nature’s epic shows visited Newport this past week as millions of Pacific herring made their annual stop in Yaquina Bay to spawn. […]
Library book sale, chamber’s craft fair and Ladies Club bazaar highlight Yachats spring break events
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By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — Spring is blooming on the central Oregon coast, bringing with it three traditional events in Yachats for locals and visitors alike. The first weekend […]
Rotary Club of Newport touts last summer’s microplastic cleanup and hopes to expand program this year
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By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/YachatsNews NEWPORT – More than 200 pounds of microplastics were collected last summer, mostly from the sand on Agate Beach by tourists. The Rotary Club of Newport […]
Surge of coastal travelers drives Oregon state parks numbers to new record in 2024, but officials concerned
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By JAMIE HALE/The Oregonian/OregonLive A whopping 53.8 million people made day trips to Oregon’s state parks in 2024, according to data released Friday by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, but […]
It’s nesting season for endangered snowy plovers, so be careful on certain areas of the beach
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By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Western snowy plovers have made a strong comeback in recent years from the early 1990s, when there were so few that the breed ended up with […]
First there were gray whales. Now Dungeness crab, tufted puffins and big sharks are competing to be on your car
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By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A mini-tsunami of Oregon coast-themed license plates extolling the virtues of puffins, sharks and Dungeness crabs is fast washing ashore. The groups sponsoring the new plates […]
