By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Diana Buckley finally has the coffee shop that she has been dreaming about. But it’s really more than that. Café Chill is open in […]
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Support at public meeting on tourist trolley encourages Yachats chamber director to keep pursuing idea, grants
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Maybe there is such a thing as a free ride. At least if the impromptu show of hands during a community meeting Wednesday evening […]
Armed with nets, Sharpies and glitter pens, silverspot researchers spend the summer tracking threatened butterfly
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Izzy Bur kneels on the ground to avoid the brunt of a howling wind that rakes across the salt-spray meadow overlooking the ocean south of Rock […]
NOAA scientists tracking large marine heat wave that’s raised Oregon coastal temperatures by 7 degrees
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A large marine heat wave that has developed each of the past four years has scientists watching closely to see how long it lasts and […]
Years-long legal fight over Lincoln County’s vacation rental regulations finally gets court hearing next week
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews After more than a year of legal wrangling, some decisions may be coming this summer on the legality of Lincoln County’s short-term rental regulations in […]
Central Coast fire board hires investigator to examine allegations surrounding chief’s response to accident involving wife
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board voted during a special meeting last week to hire an outside investigator to sort out chief Jamie […]
SW Lincoln Water district embarks on more than $6 million in pipe, valve upgrades with grants, loans, and rate increase
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The growing special service district that provides water to 1,400 customers from Yachats to south Waldport is embarking on more than $6 million in infrastructure projects […]
Big ship moves just offshore north of Waldport to begin new phase of OSU’s PacWave project
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service WALDPORT — The next step in Oregon State University’s construction of a wave energy testing facility off the Oregon coast is now visible to […]
Want to pump your own gasoline? Like it or not, for the first time in 72 years Lincoln County residents have a choice
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Sometime Friday, for the first time in 72 years, Lincoln County residents can drive into a service station, jump out and pump their own gasoline. Or […]
Siletz tribe’s new cultural center and museum will open doors to all about its history, culture and language
By OREGON ARTSWATCH It was a moment long overdue when the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians broke ground this year for the Cultural Center and Museum. While a formal […]