By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews The Lincoln County School District’s board is on course to make a young, dynamic senior administrator its new superintendent, bypassing a professional search or internal application […]
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New owner of Yachats’ largest motel has big plans for upgrades and creating more rooms, shops and housing
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The new owner of the Adobe motel has big plans. A full remodel of 110 rooms. A full remodel of the lobby. Sprucing up […]
Have an extra octopus hanging around? The folks at the Hatfield Marine Science Center are looking for a new one
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Does anyone have an octopus? The visitors center at the Hatfield Marine Science Center needs a new one and is asking the public – […]
Waldport resident gets OK to begin collecting signatures for potential recall of four Port of Alsea board members
WALDPORT – A Waldport resident can start circulating petitions to see if he can gather enough signatures to force a recall election of four Port of Alsea commissioners. A […]
Oregon high school graduation rates increase in 2021-22; five of six Lincoln County high schools beat state average
By NATALIE PATE/Oregon Capital Chronicle and YachatsNews Oregon’s high school graduation rate edged up slightly last year to the second highest in state history. The main high schools in […]
After 7 years, Lincoln County commissioners approve new limits on vacation rental licenses that drastically lowers number from 500 to 181
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews After seven years of workshops, public comment, deliberations, ballot measures and lawsuits, Lincoln County commissioners Wednesday established drastically lower limits for the number of vacation rentals […]
National environmental group asks federal agency to speed up plans to reintroduce sea otters to Oregon coast
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The Center for Biological Diversity wants the federal government to get moving on a plan to reintroduce sea otters on the Oregon coast. The […]
Yachats “Swifty” group seeks funding to expand its aid to migrating birds, builds website, launches video
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — While their winged tenants are wintering in warmer climes, a local group of bird-lovers is expanding to provide more nesting boxes for some migrating […]
OSU’s PacWave energy project north of Waldport signs contracts for miles of cable and construction of electrical substation
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service The last major pieces of the contract to build the wave energy test facility PacWave South near Waldport have been executed, paving the way […]
Oregon Coast CC plans to ask voters in May to approve $32 million bond for new workforce training center, other projects
NEWPORT – The Oregon Coast Community College board intends to ask Lincoln County voters in May to approve a $32 million bond to replace one expiring next year. The […]