By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – In elementary school, Reba Ortiz went on field trips to Cape Perpetua. During her senior year at Waldport High School, Ortiz volunteered at the […]
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Yachats city manager, two council members meet with Parks & Commons Commission to explain “pause” in its oversight duties
By QUINTON SMITH/YahatsNew.com YACHATS – Communication missteps, an overworked city manager, the need for staff, and more urgent issues are part of the reasons the Yachats city council last […]
Central Oregon Coast fire district voters recall two embattled board members by wide margins, but what happens next?
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Two new members of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District were resoundingly recalled by voters Tuesday after the first major count of […]
Sightings of Orca families hunting along the Oregon coast excite throngs of people — and help marine mammal researchers
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Edith and Kent Hitchings were in Florence last Friday when the longtime whale-watchers checked a Facebook page that monitors orca sightings on the Oregon coast. A […]
Covid cases resume their climb in Lincoln County and Oregon, but vaccinations and treatments keeping hospitalizations low
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The number of Covid cases in Lincoln County is surging again but because of the area’s high vaccination rate, new treatments […]
Sea-themed clothing, gifts, furnishings offered at new Oceanography 101 store in downtown Yachats
YACHATS — You can’t study marine science at Yachats’ newest storefront, but you still might learn something at Oceanography 101. That’s because owner Bridgette Shipley has dotted her new […]
Crestview Heights students, staff and arts nonprofit unveil massive new mural depicting “Acts of Kindness”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – After two years of battling Covid-19 restrictions and some troublesome behaviors, Cristal Arden wanted something to help bring Crestview Heights School students back together […]
Recall election underway for 2 Central Coast Fire board members is about district’s direction — and whether chief, staff and volunteers stay
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — The call came at 11:43 a.m. Saturday – a woman near Range Drive in Waldport was struggling to breathe. Central Oregon Coast Fire & […]
Mid-coast salmon fishery this summer and fall not affected by ODFW’s closure of some rivers to Chinook catch
By Oregon Capital Chronicle and YachatsNews Due to years of drought and poor ocean conditions, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will restrict fishing for wild Chinook […]
All-day “preparedness fair” Sunday in Yachats designed to help people cope after big and small natural disasters
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Not long after moving to Yachats, MaryBeth Selby heard an alert on her weather radio — a possible tsunami was headed for the coast. […]