Coastal gardening tips available during open house Sunday in Yachats

June 1, 2022

YACHATS — Have questions about gardening on the coast? Want to nurture your joints while you nurture your plants? The answers will be available from master gardeners from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Yachats Demonstration & Community Garden at the corner of West Seventh Street and Driftwood Lane during an open house and plant clinic. On Sunday,

Agate Point hotel developers explain details of proposed Yachats project

May 31, 2022

To the editor: This is in response to the Yachats Action Alliance letter on the YachatsNews site. We appreciate the time you have spent articulating your reasons for opposing our Cottages at Agate Point project. We were very much hoping to be able to address some of your issues in person last week at the public forum we organized, however,

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log May 17-29

May 31, 2022

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP22116481 05/17/2022 17:37 Officer #53134 KOLACZ, BRYAN Miscellaneous, All Other Location 415 NE 36TH, Apt. 1, NEWPORT, LINCOLN Narrative Summary A level three sex offender on probation was observed at an apartment complex in Newport off NE 36th Street by law enforcement. The suspect was known to law enforcement. The suspect was on probation out of Tillamook County

After rate decrease in 2021, Pacific Power now asking for increases ranging from 6.8 to 14 percent

May 31, 2022

By The Salem Statesman-Journal Some customers of Pacific Power would see their power bills increase 14% if a plan proposed by the company is approved. In the plan filed with the state, the utility is asking for an $84 million yearly increase in rates for customers in Oregon, a 6.8% increase. But that increase would impact different types of customers

With a 3-year $750,000 grant, OHSU researcher will create a Portland-based research center on gun violence

May 31, 2022

Second Amendment advocates gather at the Ohio State House to protest gun control legislation on September 14, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A center on gun violence is in the making in Oregon. A researcher at Oregon Health & Science University and the VA Portland Health Care System, recently obtained a grant to

All-day “preparedness fair” Sunday in Yachats designed to help people cope after big and small natural disasters

May 31, 2022

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. “My Internet was down, and my cellphone had no signal, so I had no way to communicate with anyone,” she said. “I started to panic.” At 2 a.m., the KoHo

Yachats Big Band performs Thursday night at Commons

May 30, 2022

YACHATS — The Yachats Big Band returns at 7 p.m. Thursday for its monthly performance and dance in the multipurpose room of the Yachats Commons. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with a suggested donation of $5 per person. Coffee and light refreshments will be available. The band will perform a number of tunes from the Swing Era through modern tunes.

Return of popular Lions Club breakfast mirrors resumption of community gatherings after two years of shutdowns

May 30, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – “It’s good to be back.” That simple statement from longtime Yachats Lions Club member Jim Finlayson on Sunday summarized much of the feeling as the Yachats community inches its way back from more than two years of state and self-imposed Covid-19 shutdowns. Finlayson and Lions Club volunteers had just finished serving 100 people a

With Schrader’s defeat, Oregon race for 5th Congressional district splits Cascades as well as partisan divide

May 28, 2022

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The race for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District seat will feature not only a partisan rift but a geographic split over which side of the Cascades will be home to a new U.S. House member. Central Oregon’s Jamie McLeod-Skinner is the Democratic nominee for the 5th Congressional District in November. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the former mayor

Lincoln County School District, community college try growing their own educators through “Teach at the Beach” program

May 26, 2022

By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com Born and raised in Waldport, Chandler Turner decided he wanted to be a teacher in his final year of high school. While studying at a community college in Coos Bay, he heard of a new collaboration between the Lincoln County School District and Oregon Coast Community College designed to help residents become local educators. Turner came