By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife on Monday suspended its contract with a Waldport-area fishing group after one of its members set off […]
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With just a few tweaks, Yachats budget committee sends recommended 2023-24 spending plan to city council
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats’ Budget Committee has finished its work on the city’s proposed spending plans for fiscal 2023-24, making few changes but foreshadowing a few potential […]
Monday’s unusual and well-documented killing of gray whale calf by 11 orcas helps scientists learn more about marine predation
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews The lethal encounter between a pod of killer whales and two migrating gray whales off Oregon’s central coast this week is writing a new chapter in […]
Waldport proposes big fee increases for vacation rentals and management companies, OKs 8.4% garbage rate
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – It’s going to cost more to own or manage a vacation rental, have garbage service, and pay for water and sewer service in Waldport […]
Pioneer Connect seeking federal grant to bring high-speed internet to remote, 12-mile stretch between Yachats and Florence
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – One of the area’s largest communications providers is seeking support for a $3.8 million project to bring high-speed broadband internet to up to 180 […]
Looking for a deal on unusual home goods? Waldport’s Unexpected Elephant may have just the items for you
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Armed with her computer tablet and nine years of experience, Kitty Bone of Seal Rock roams the floor of a big blue warehouse in […]
Yachats and SW Lincoln PUD agree to explore if and how the city can become a long-term water customer
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The city of Yachats and Southwest Lincoln Water People’s Utility District have agreed to start discussing how Yachats might become a regular, long-term customer of the […]
Oregon lifts COVID-19 vaccine requirements, quarantine advice and other health measures as federal emergency ends
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is ending COVID-19 vaccine requirements for educators and health care workers and officials are no longer asking people infected with the virus to […]
Scary-looking creature that keeps washing ashore along the Oregon coast raises interest in lancetfish
By LAUREN McCARTHY/The New York Times For hundreds of years, a strange species of fish with long fanglike teeth that eats its own kind and spends most of its time […]
Yachats council wants to interview candidate for interim city manager, hopes to hire Portland firm to find permanent one
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council took more steps Thursday to deal with the impending departure of city manager Heide Lambert, agreeing to interview a candidate for […]