By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews LINCOLN CITY — Sarah Horobin experienced the increasing distraction of students with cell phones in her Taft High School classes over the years. It was hard […]
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Corvallis family developers hope to create “cool little wonderland” on three acres in downtown Waldport
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Tee to green is a fair way apart but barring any sand trap trouble, a first-time developer hopes for a-hole-in-one with plans to land […]
Yachats fire board cautiously adopts district goals as it also begins to grapple with $6 million lawsuit
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – When the five-member board for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District meets Monday it will be operating under its first goals in a decade […]
With 67-vote margin, Lincoln County commission race won’t likely be determined until Tuesday night
It may take until Tuesday night — a week after the Nov. 5 general election — to determine the winner of the lone race for a seat on the […]
Incumbent Hoyle winning against Republican challenger DeSpain in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle stepped into a divided Congress and big shoes in 2022, when she was elected to her first term to […]
22nd annual Celtic Music Festival will fill Yachats this weekend with hundreds of its devotees
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — When the Yachats Celtic Music Festival sings, strums and stomps its way into town this weekend, it isn’t only music-lovers who’ll be thrilled. Hotels, […]
A very wet end of October pushes Yachats-area’s 10-month rain totals to highest in a dozen years
October on the central Oregon coast was a nice sunny fall month – until it wasn’t. Five of the last 11 days of October saw rain totals of more […]
Mushroom hunter lost and found near Waldport has advice: “Look up and see where you’re at …”
By FEDOR ZARKHIN/The Oregonian/OregonLive Some of Cary Kerst’s happiest childhood memories are of picking mushrooms in rural Indiana with his father 60 years ago. Those happy memories transformed into a […]
Despite glitches with facilities, Lincoln County began second year of homeless shelter operations Friday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Last year Chantelle Estess had two weeks to get Lincoln County’s winter shelter program for the homeless up and running. Despite fits and starts and trials […]
YachatsNews wrapping up its month-long fundraising campaign; just days left to support local news
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews As I said last week, while there’s never really any deadline for donations YachatsNews is wrapping up its fall fundraising campaign this week in an […]