By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A team of Oregon State University researchers were recently awarded $2.5 million to study the attitudes and feelings coastal residents have about potential offshore […]
Other Yachats Community News
Yikes! A $1,866 water and sewer bill? Yachats resident asks — and gets — some relief from whopping charge
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – One Yachats man was more than a little surprised when he opened his August water bill expecting the usual $120 to $135 charge but […]
Bend attorney goes back to his roots with purchase and big restoration project of 64 acres in upper Tenmile Creek
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Those bow hunting trips Roger Worthington took with his dad to the Tenmile Creek area south of Yachats decades ago planted seeds that are reshaping the […]
State fire investigators unable to determine cause of massive blaze that destroyed Ziggurat house
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The cause of the July fire that engulfed the Ziggurat house just north of Tenmile Creek remains a mystery after an investigation by state fire officials […]
Yachats council sets busy schedule for city manager candidates, hopes to make a decision Thursday
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – While there is no guarantee one of the three candidates vying for the Yachats’ city manager position will be offered a job next week, […]
Lincoln County’s emergency management director resigns, one week after being placed on administrative leave
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Virginia “Jenny” Demaris, who had worked as Lincoln County’s emergency manager since 2011, resigned from her position Wednesday, one week after being placed on administrative leave. County […]
Late September rain and deluge this week is enough for city to ease water restrictions in Yachats
YACHATS – The Yachats area received the second-most rainfall in 15 years in September and coupled with steady rain Monday and Tuesday proved to be enough to ease city […]
Using discarded bones, OSU researchers use DNA to suggest commercial whaling led to loss of genetic diversity
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Commercial whaling in the 20th century decimated populations of large whales but also appears to have had a lasting impact on the […]
EPA issues $1 million fine to Seattle seafood company and 5 ships for improper waste discharges off Oregon coast
By TRACY LOEW/Salem Statesman Journal The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Seattle-based American Seafoods Company and the owners of its fish-processing vessels nearly $1 million for significant violations of the […]
With the help of two churches, Lincoln County prepares to open first emergency winter shelter for the homeless Tuesday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The first all-weather emergency shelter for the homeless in Lincoln County will open at 6 p.m. Tuesday – alternating between two Newport churches until a permanent […]