Friday morning update from ODOT: U.S. Highway 101 near Beverly Beach will see long delays again Friday as crews work on paving the road. Flaggers will be in place reducing the highway to one lane. Drivers should expect long delays as crews work in the area. The speed limit has been reduced in this […]
U.S. Highway 101
Heavy rain accelerates damage to Highway 101 north of Newport
The Oregon Department of Transportation has reduced the speed limit on a section of U.S. Highway 101 between Newport and Depoe Bay after recent heavy rains caused the road to drop significantly and put drivers and vehicles in danger. The speed between mileposts 133 and 134 in the Beverly Beach area has been reduced […]
Renters in small Waldport apartment complex search for places to live after new owner says they will become vacation rentals
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews WALDPORT – One apartment is occupied by a single mother with a 9-year-old. Another apartment is home to a disabled couple. A married couple with three children lived in the third. They all rely on some sort of rent assistance to live in the modest four-unit apartment building on Southwest Corona […]
Massive boulder that rolled off Heceta Head and closed Highway 101 Saturday turned into rubble Thursday
For a few days at least, the boulder sitting on a pullout on U.S. Highway 101 occupied one of the most coveted spots along the Oregon coast – an unobstructed view of the Heceta Head lighthouse. But the behemoth met its fate Thursday when Oregon Department of Transportation crews used a “boulder buster” to […]
Crash near Seal Rock kills woman
A Lincoln City woman was killed and her husband and another driver injured in a head-on crash Thursday night on U.S. Highway 101 just south of Seal Rock. The crash closed the highway for more than three hours. Judith Larrett, 81, of Lincoln City died at the scene. Her husband, Richard Larrett, 85, and the […]