By LORI TOBIAS/Oregon ArtsWatch Staff at the North Lincoln County Historical Museum hear it all the time: “We didn’t even know this was here,” or “I drive by it all the […]
Other Yachats Community News
A “Report to Readers”: YachatsNews did well in 2023 but wants to do more and better in 2024
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews By most every type of measure, YachatsNews did well in 2023. Our goal for 2024 is to try to do more and better. It’s been five […]
The wheels on the bus go round and round all over Lincoln County as drivers shuttle passengers from Yachats to Rose Lodge
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Mile after miles fall away with the world outside passing like so many picture postcards as the Lincoln County Transit bus rolls through forests […]
Yachats city manager suspends disputed and expensive work on upgrading websites, computer systems
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – After getting apprised of a contractor’s work to upgrade the city of Yachats’ website and some digging to find out why some necessary approvals […]
After six years of trying, COCF&R can now quickly launch rescue boat from floating dock at Port of Alsea
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The next time there’s an emergency in Alsea Bay it shouldn’t take Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue firefighters very long to respond. The […]
Oregon Legislature tweaks “recreational immunity” law to protect owners of trails for most liability
By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Public hiking trails that closed this past year in response to a civil lawsuit could start reopening again after Oregon lawmakers Tuesday passed temporary […]
ODOT returns Friday to continue paving deteriorating sections of U.S. 101 north of Newport — but it’s a temporary fix
Friday morning update from ODOT: U.S. Highway 101 near Beverly Beach will see long delays again Friday as crews work on paving the road. Flaggers will be in place […]
Port of Alsea begins search for new manager as Cuellar retires this fall after nine years at helm
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Anyone with aspirations of managing a port – sleuthing for smugglers while rubbing elbows with scalawags and flannel-clad pirates along brine-scented docks – may […]
Researchers refine ocean oxygen sensors so they can enlist Oregon’s crab fleet to track changing conditions
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service Oregon State University researchers are helping to refine the design and expanded use of oxygen monitoring sensors that can be deployed in crab or […]
Yes, you are right — it was very wet again in February in the Yachats area. And then it snowed March 1
Well, March might be remembered for starting with snow on ocean beaches, but February will be noted for just being wet. Very wet. Coupled with a record-wet January, lots […]