By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Every day since May 4, the first bill on the agenda for the Oregon state Senate has been a resolution to honor […]
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Week two of YachatsNews’ fundraising campaign: What does it cost to cover the news and why are we doing it?
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews This week I paid a bunch of bills for YachatsNews’ news gathering efforts in May. These included checks to our payroll service, our web guy, three freelancers […]
Waldport High School will celebrate 33 graduates Friday who persevered through pandemic, set leadership examples
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Waldport High School’s class of 2023 sets sail for the future Friday with a senior class that weathered a global pandemic while still managing […]
Homeless and Housing in Lincoln County: Can a $1 million effort to find solutions possibly work, or is it just another plan?
This is the second of a two-part series on homelessness in Lincoln County and a $1 million pilot program to help tackle the crisis. The first part ran […]
The 33rd and final year of Cycle Oregon’s 7-day tour will bring thousands of riders to the central coast in September
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Toledo and Newport will host two of the final three legs of an iconic recreational event that has drawn thousands of cyclists from all over the […]
Lincoln County emergency management will be conducting tests with calls, texts and email Friday
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The emergency management division of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a countywide test of its emergency notification system between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. […]
OSU professor to head $1.4 million study of climate, fish and conflict bringing change to coastal communities
By IAN ROSE/Oregon Capital Chronicle CORVALLIS — Climate change is forcing fish to move to cooler waters to survive, which means big changes for Oregon’s coastal communities and for […]
Seal Rock Garden Club has been a horticultural resource on the central Oregon coast for 75 years, starting with a $306 shed.
Members of the Seal Rock Garden Club attribute the longevity of their club to their little yellow clubhouse purchased in 1950. Story and photos by KRISTAN FODEN-VENCIL/Oregon Public Broadcasting […]
OSU board of trustees approves $16.5 million apartment project for Hatfield Marine Science Center students, faculty
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT — When students, faculty or visiting researchers show up in 18 months to take or teach classes at the Hatfield Marine Science Center there should […]
Nonprofit YachatsNews launches local, monthlong fundraising campaign with a goal of $50,000 from readers
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Another year of turmoil in Yachats city government, burgeoning municipal projects in Waldport, fights over vacation rentals in Lincoln County, stories from the ever-changing beaches and ocean […]