By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — As the downtown core blooms with visitors and flowers, not many people realize that the bountiful daffodils and decorative shrubs along U.S. Highway 101 […]
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Lincoln County adds $5.6 million to budget for mental health services, including housing and crisis center
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews NEWPORT — Lincoln County commissioners gave the nod Wednesday to a budget adjustment for the Health and Human Services Department representing millions in programs for mental […]
Ocean researchers in Newport find that upwelling, heat waves are biggest factors in whale entanglement in crab gear
By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service NEWPORT – New research by an Oregon State University-led team is beginning to unravel the times of year and locations where whales are at […]
OSU’s Marine Science Day returns to day-long in-person affair Saturday at Hatfield Center
NEWPORT – After two years of going online because of the pandemic, Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center will host its annual science fair and open house from […]
Yachats city council holds short, special meeting to clarify contract issues with city planner and her job
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council hopes a special, 16-minute meeting Wednesday clears up any confusion over the city planner’s job – and maybe who holds […]
First major sighting this spring of killer whales in Yaquina Bay thrills photographers, tourists and orca researcher
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Jaklyn Larsen wasn’t planning to go for a run Monday, but that’s just what happened when the Florence-based professional photographer got word that a family of […]
Oregon governor denies Lincoln County’s request for homeless emergency declaration, but different help on the way
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has denied Lincoln County’s request to be included in her homelessness emergency declaration. Among Kotek’s first official acts in January was an […]
Skeleton of massive blue whale hits the road to Canada for final restoration before going on display in Newport
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Newport will soon be the home of one of the largest animals to ever roam the Earth — a near-complete skeleton of a 70-foot long blue […]
Housing crisis forces Presbyterian church to gently evict Yachats Community Garden for pastor’s new home
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews An activist pastor, a treasured garden and a thorny housing crisis — these are the elements of a bittersweet solution to a problem in Yachats. The […]
It’s snowy plover nesting season on the Oregon coast as threatened shorebirds rebound with help of beach restrictions
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal Oregon’s cutest shorebird has made a big rally over the past two decades, from the verge of extinction to expanding its range. Western snowy […]