By QUINTON SMITH and JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – A 2½-year-old agreement between the Central Oregon Coast and Seal Rock fire departments to share personnel and equipment is all but […]
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To help kick off its second year of bringing classes to kids, Oregon Coast Art Bus gets a colorful makeover
By OREGON ARTSWATCH NEWPORT — The brass band played, the crowd stood, and the Oregon Coast Art Bus crept into view, a rolling mass of color on a rolling […]
ODFW approves limited wild coho seasons on Alsea, Yaquina, Siletz rivers — and even Beaver Creek
It’s official — the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved rules to allow a limited fishery for wild coho salmon on four streams in Lincoln County. Fishing […]
As school year begins, Oregon districts hope to overcome staff shortages with millions in wage, bonus incentives
As students prepare to return to school, districts are offering bonuses and pay raises to attract and retain much needed teachers and school staff. By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Districts […]
Central Oregon Coast fire board votes unanimously to ask voters Nov. 8 to raise operating levy by 10 cents
WALDPORT – Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue will ask voters to increase one of its two operating levies by 10 cents per $1,000 assessed property value in the […]
Beach “get-to-know-you” bonfires ignites idea of connecting Yachats residents with the area’s many newcomers
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — For pre-pandemic newcomers to Yachats, the small city always seemed to kick up a big tide of social and civic affairs. There were art […]
Port of Alsea ends Shrimp Daddy’s lease at port-owned building, but gives owner six additional months to move
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The Port of Alsea board voted Wednesday to end the lease of a small shop it rents to a commercial sand shrimp processor, saying […]
Yachats nonprofit housing developer wins state grants to proceed with affordable rent apartment complex in Florence
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats-based nonprofit development company has received state funding and arranged other financing to proceed with a $10.9 million, 24-unit affordable housing project in Florence. Our […]
Waldport council gives city manager initial OK to pursue ideas to possibly help housing crunch
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The Waldport City Council has given its city manager the OK to begin gathering information on two ideas to potentially help ease the city’s […]
Focus of vacation rental fight returns to Lincoln County courthouse after LUBA overturns voter-approved ballot measure phasing them out
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A ruling this week by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals that overturned a citizen-approved ballot measure phasing out vacation rentals in unincorporated Lincoln County […]