By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A proposed new tax levy by the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District will likely be similar in size to the $1.59 per $1,000 rate […]
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Prime downtown property overlooking Yachats River is up for sale again. Should the city buy it for a park? Yachats resident may help with $100,000
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Yachats couple who wanted to turn a former restaurant site overlooking the Yachats River into a farm-to-market restaurant and gathering place have abandoned […]
Despite deluge during last three days of February, the month was very cold and dry in Yachats area
You wouldn’t know it from the last few days, but February was a dry, cold month in the Yachats area. A rain and wind storm that pummeled the central coast […]
Newport-based OSU scientist helps develop new worldwide map of whale migration in order to help protect them
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – A comprehensive new map and report tracking whale migrations around the globe highlights where they go in the high seas and the […]
Last-minute agreement will allow free electronics recycling to continue at Dahl Dispoal sites in Waldport and Toledo
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com In a victory for customers, haulers and industry managers, agreements have been reached to allow Oregon residents to continue to recycle electronic waste for free at […]
Construction has finished on the Amanda Trail suspension bridge, which is now open to hikers
YACHATS – It’s a little high. It’s a little bouncy. And it may make some hikers a little nervous. But the 142-foot, $434,000 suspension bridge on the Amanda Trail […]
With Gomberg’s help, projects on Oregon coast could get $20 million under “olive branch” agreement between Democrat and GOP legislators
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Jurisdictions along the Oregon coast could see an influx of up to $20 million to help with infrastructure projects under a unique and unusual plan shaping […]
In tiny south coast community of Gardiner, the Oregon Coast School of Art takes shape in long abandoned middle school
By DANITA CAHILL/Oregon ArtsWatch GARDINER — On a hike along the Oregon coast, Emily Free Wilson and her husband, Matt Wilson, looked up a hillside scattered with houses and […]
Coast Guard helicopter rescues crabbers stuck on an Alsea Bay sandbar Tuesday night
WALDPORT – Jeff Hood of Albany and a friend got an unexpected and unwanted helicopter ride Tuesday night. Hood was crabbing Tuesday afternoon in Alsea Bay when the motor in […]
Although help is on the way, a lack of deputies forces Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office to experiment with patrol schedules
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has started a six-month experiment for scheduling patrol deputies because it has been too short-staffed to cover some shifts or duties. […]