Editor’s note: A paragraph in this story on response times and units responding to a Dec. 11 trailer fire on the south edge of Waldport has been […]
Other Yachats Community News
Adobe Resort in Yachats kicks its $2 million remodel into high gear with lobby, bar, restaurant and room changes
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — If you thought your last home renovation project was daunting, try multiplying it by a hundredfold — and then some. That’s the prospect facing […]
Hatfield Marine Science Center’s ocean-themed film festival this month expands to 27 films and two venues
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A colony of horseshoe crabs struggling to survive in New Jersey’s coastal waters. Five French Polynesian surfers sharing their perceptions of the ocean. The effects of […]
Big national healthcare company wants to buy The Corvallis Clinic, which is struggling financially
By CHRISTIAN WHITOL/The Lund Report CORVALLIS — UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s biggest health care corporation, is continuing its expansion drive in Oregon with a bid to buy The Corvallis […]
A stormy start to December brings 2023 rainfall amounts to near normal as trend continues to wetter, warmer weather
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A very wet early December pushed rainfall totals for 2023 to near average in the Yachats area, according to YachatsNews’ weather watchers, after much of a […]
Five longtime Lincoln County radio stations sign off Dec. 31 as owner closes shop, lays off employees
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Silence greeted some Lincoln County radio listeners on New Year’s Day after a longtime broadcast institution folds under financial failure. After 75 years of operation, Yaquina […]
Lincoln County judge rules that county can enforce most of its vacation rental regulations in unincorporated areas
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews After more than a year of legal wrangling, a Lincoln County judge Friday ruled against vacation rental owners trying to stop a county ordinance regulating their […]
Land trust, watershed council and Coos tribe unite to restore Siuslaw wetlands on former 200-acre dairy farm
By BRIAN BULL/Underscore News FLORENCE — Standing in the midst of an uneven, muddy expanse where excavators and trucks chug back and forth like giant doodlebugs, Jesse Beers doesn’t […]
14th annual New Year’s Day Peace Hike will also honor Coos tribal chief Donald “Doc” Slyter
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The annual New Year’s Day Peace Hike has always been about remembrance of the past, but this winter there’s a more modern aspect — […]
As other jurisdictions raise lodging taxes, Yachats council decides to develop spending plan before making decision
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats has decided to tap the brakes on increasing its lodging tax until figuring out how it might spend the additional […]