By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Chantelle Estess escorted the last of the winter shelter’s homeless guests out of the downtown Newport building at 7 a.m. Monday to spend another day on […]
Other Yachats Community News
Coalition of Oregon fishing groups, seafood industry asks Kotek to slow offshore wind energy development
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A coalition of independent fishing boat operators, seafood companies and industry groups is calling on Gov. Tina Kotek to ask the federal government […]
Lincoln County hires new medical examiner and finds different model for death investigations
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County has found a new medical examiner and is changing the model it uses to document or investigate unattended or suspicious deaths. The change comes […]
Underground Pub owner will pay OLCC fine of $6,700 rather than lose license for 37 days
YACHATS — The owner of the Yachats Underground Pub & Grub says he will pay $6,700 in penalties by April 15 rather than face a 37-day suspension of his […]
NOAA researchers announce 33 percent increase in gray whale numbers, end investigation into die-off
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews There’s good news for whale lovers on the Oregon coast. The number of gray whales that migrated south along the Pacific Coast this winter have rebounded […]
Anti-spray group will keep protesting Starker’s drone herbicide application near Yachats despite assurances it is OK
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A planned aerial spray of herbicides using drones on private forestland east of Yachats has sparked concern and condemnation from central coast residents who […]
Bornstein Seafoods announces closure of Newport processing plant by May, laying off 50 workers
NEWPORT — A major seafood processor is permanently closing its plant on the Newport bayfront in May, laying off 50 workers and consolidating its operations in Astoria. Bornstein Seafoods […]
ODFW officials confirm central Oregon coast has a very unusual spring break visitor — a wandering wolverine
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The rarest of spring break visitor – a first so far as wildlife officials know – is making its way south along the central Oregon coast. […]
April watercolor show in Yachats features the work of 103-year-old Waldport artist
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews When an important art group stages its annual convention and exhibit in Yachats next week it will feature the work of a notable artist from Waldport. […]
New OSU research shows that low oxygen levels off the Pacific Northwest coast are widespread and increasing
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service Low oxygen conditions that pose a significant threat to marine life are widespread and increasing in coastal Pacific Northwest ocean waters as the climate […]