By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — If the approach of warmer weather calls you to get off the couch, you might consider a weekly group walk that benefits both you […]
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Yachats council lets Covid-inspired restaurant outside seating waiver expire and begins to enforce off-street parking regulations
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS — A Covid-era parking space waiver extended five times was allowed to expire last week, potentially resurfacing conflict between the city of Yachats and a […]
In Yachats’ search for new water supply, council votes to look north to become customer of Southwest Lincoln PUD
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS — In what the mayor described as a monumental decision, the Yachats City Council voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the city manager to negotiate with […]
New state study says population growth slowed overall during pandemic for Lincoln County and northwest Oregon
The population growth of five northwest Oregon counties slowed in 2022, according to a new analysis from the state’s regional economist, likely tied to the area’s economic performance during […]
New court filings indicate that as Labor Day 2020 fires exploded near Otis, Pacific Power employees worried power lines were at fault
By RYAN HASS/Oregon Public Broadcasting As devastating wildfires began to spread in Oregon the day after Labor Day 2020, PacifiCorp senior transmission engineer Tyler Jones texted his co-worker. “This […]
With thousands of partiers in Newport for return of seafood and wine festival, beefed up police patrols make more than 400 traffic stops
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Crab. Commemorative glasses. Crowds. Fermented grapes. And flashing red and blue lights. That was the scene in Newport last weekend with the return of the Seafood […]
“He came out to help his friends, and he ended up saving a community.” How Tidewater neighborhood weathered the storm
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews TIDEWATER — Everyone agrees on one point about the Wednesday night snow and wind storm — the falling trees sounded like constant gunfire. Although power has […]
UO, OSU researchers say endangered sunflower sea stars can help protect West Coast kelp forests from voracious urchins
By UO Communications/OSU News Service Your average sunflower sea star can munch through almost five purple sea urchins in a week, and they don’t seem to be picky about […]
1,000 residents of Alsea River valley’s Tidewater community fend for themselves and neighbors during epic snow storm
KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews TIDEWATER — In one of the hardest hit areas in Lincoln County, residents in a 20-mile stretch of the lower Alsea River valley are having to fend […]
In Newport, homeless organizations help St. Stephen Episcopal Church open its doors for shelter from the cold
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews NEWPORT — Once potentially deadly weather struck the region Wednesday evening, a church in downtown Newport has been letting unhoused people sleep in its sanctuary and […]