By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service CORVALLIS – Oregon is becoming warmer and more prone to drought and will see less snow due to climate change, but people and businesses are […]
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State finishes second attempt of wildfire hazard maps, prepares new rules for high-risk properties
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon fire experts have finished their redo of state maps showing wildfire hazard areas, showing that about 1,600 tax lots are in high-risk […]
CCF&R and three other Lincoln County fire departments join Oregon strike force heading to LA wildfires
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Two Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue firefighters deployed Wednesday to help fight wildfires in Southern California. Central Coast firefighters John Townley and Shi […]
Local Styrofoam to-go container ban now in effect statewide
It’s a new year and that means the end of Styrofoam to-go containers in Oregon – although many cities including some on the central Oregon coast already prohibit them. A […]
“Bad Reputation” band takes audience on a musical journey Saturday night
By Oregon Coast TODAY If you have a hard time pinning down a particular genre of music as your favorite, you’ll love the mix of hits performed by Bad […]
Three GOP Oregon lawmakers propose pause on rate hikes from utilities embroiled in wildfire lawsuits
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Three Republican Oregon lawmakers want to stop utility companies from raising rates on customers while those companies are still resolving years-long lawsuits over wildfire culpability […]
Adam Shanks sworn in as Lincoln County’s 17th sheriff, following 37-year path of Curtis Landers
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – There’s a new sheriff in town. Adam Shanks was sworn in as Lincoln County’s 17th sheriff Monday by presiding circuit court judge Sheryl Bachart, […]
2024 rainfall on central Oregon coast one of the highest in years — and more dramatic just inland
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Bob Williams has been measuring the rain for decades, starting when he lived in Napa, Calif. and continuing after moving farther south to Carlsbad. “I started […]
Yachats Lions Club lowers price and returns to all-you-can-eat format for annual crab feed
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The Yachats Lions Club has cracking good news for crab lovers — its popular annual feed is returning with a lower price and a […]
Hypothermia leads to a record number of sea turtles washing ashore on Oregon beaches
By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Two sea turtles washed up along Oregon’s beaches in the final days of 2024 due to hypothermic shock, bringing the number of sea turtles […]