By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews For you, it may just be a night at the play, a trip to an art gallery or going somewhere to listen to live music. But […]
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Yachats fire district voters easily approve 61 cent operating levy; county voters OK increase in lodging tax
Voters in the Yachats Rural Protection District on Tuesday approved the district’s request to renew a 61 cent property tax levy to support its yearly operations. The five-year […]
When Celtic performers from around the world come to Yachats this weekend, you can thank volunteers from Polly Plumb Productions
By Oregon ArtsWatch YACHATS — World-renowned musicians will take the stage in Yachats this weekend to play Celtic music to sold-out crowds from all over Oregon and the […]
Chief Donald “Doc” Slyter of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw tribes dies Saturday of cancer
BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Revered for his passion and commitment to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw – Chief Donald ‘Doc’ Slyter, who also served as a […]
A ride-a-long with a Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy in Waldport illustrates why no day is a typical day
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The phone calls to 9-1-1 reporting a man walking around with a rifle and stopping to aim at people’s houses came in while Lincoln County Sheriff’s […]
Soil tests for Yachats library project throw a monkey wrench into $1 million expansion plans
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The plan all along had been to renovate and expand the 50-year-old Yachats Library on West Seventh Street with a $1.09 million makeover. But […]
Yachats council asks staff to develop homeless camping ordinance so it can begin some type of enforcement
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Getting an ordinance on the books to addresses homeless camping in Yachats moved forward Thursday with a request by the city council that staff […]
Waldport orders massive playground structure for new Southworth Park, but will need volunteers to prepare and erect it
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Thirteen months after winning a $750,000 grant to help develop a 12-acre park in the middle of downtown, the city of Waldport is ordering […]
Lincoln County voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to return ballots in November special election
Still have that Lincoln County ballot hanging around the house? Registered voters — there are more than 40,000 in the county — have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to get […]
Author of new book of essays on women and aging will talk (via Zoom) Saturday in special Newport Library event
By OREGON ARTSWATCH Andrea Carlisle’s mother, Alice, was 93 when she came to Oregon and Carlisle became her primary caregiver. Soon, Carlisle’s time with Alice and her friends inspired […]