Lincoln County school officials refining list of possible bond projects before board decision next month

January 9, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A public opinion poll commissioned by the Lincoln County School District shows good support for a potential $73 million bond after respondents were told that the money would be used to update and protect buildings, improve technology and safety, install all-weather fields and playgrounds and build auditoriums at three high schools. The poll was based on

While not big a business in Lincoln County, OSU Extension aims to help hundreds of small farms prosper

January 9, 2025

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews No one is confusing the economic and social importance of Lincoln County’s farms with the sprawling tracts of land dominating Oregon agriculture in the Willamette Valley and east of the Cascades. Total sales from Lincoln County’s farms, after all, rank dead last among Oregon’s 36 counties. Still, that figure doesn’t begin to tell the story of

They’re in! Road crews pave path along Highway 101 and install delineators on south side of Yachats

January 9, 2025

YACHATS – It’s done. They’re in. Crews from Newport-based Road & Driveway created a five-foot-wide asphalt path along U.S. Highway 101 on the south side of town Wednesday and installed 36 delineators Thursday to finish a long-awaited city project designed to help protect pedestrians. The delineators are 25 feet apart on the west side of the highway from Yachats

With homelessness crisis continuing, Oregon governor extends state of emergency

January 9, 2025

By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday continued the homelessness state of emergency she declared on her first day in office for a third year as the state continues to grapple with the crisis of thousands of people living outside. Kotek’s executive order follows confirmation in a federal report released in late December that

Last of winter’s king tides are this weekend — so watch out!

January 9, 2025

Expect a few more beachgoers this weekend for the third and final king tide of the winter Friday through Monday. The last Oregon king tide took place Dec. 13-15. The high tides are around 8:15 a.m. Friday, 9:12 a.m. Saturday, 10:05 a.m. Sunday and 10:55 a.m. Monday. King tides are very high tides that generally happen during new and full moons

Five Oregon legislators, including Rep. Gomberg, protest BLM’s plan to kill barred owls

January 9, 2025

By COURTNEY SHERWOOD/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Biden administration appears to be doubling down on a plan to kill barred owls in order to protect the northern spotted owl populations in Northwest forests. But a group of bipartisan Oregon legislators – including Rep. David Gomberg, D-Otis — says it’s a cruel and wasteful plan. They’re calling on the incoming Trump

High-speed crash kills Florence man Tuesday on Highway 126

January 9, 2025

FLORENCE – A 74-year-old Florence man was killed Tuesday, Jan. 7, when he lost control of his Ferrari GTB, crashed into a guardrail and overturned on Highway 126 eight miles east of Florence. Oregon State Police said that Victor J. Cianci was westbound at a high rate of speed about 3 p.m. when the Ferrari crossed the center line, struck

“Fiber Fest” celebrates artists’ work with two-month exhibition in four Newport galleries

January 9, 2025

By Oregon Coast TODAY Newport’s Nye Beach district is getting fiber festive with a new, four-gallery exhibition at the Visual Arts Center and the Olive Street Gallery inside the Newport Performing Arts Center, opening Saturday, Jan. 11. Opening receptions for all four exhibits will take place in both locations from 1-4 p.m. Saturday and will include artist introductions and

The rest of Oregon’s commercial crab fishery will open next week

January 8, 2025

NEWPORT – The remainder of Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open Jan. 15 from Manzanita into southwest Washington, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Tuesday. The area, officially designated as Cape Falcon to Klipsan Beach, Wash., had been delayed in opening to allow for crab to reach meat criteria for harvest, according to ODFW. The rest of

Northwest Forest Plan update continues, despite termination of national old growth proposal

January 8, 2025

By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting For months, national forests in the Pacific Northwest were set to be protected under two major updates to forestry plans — but that changed Tuesday. That’s when the Biden administration abruptly terminated a months-long effort to create a new policy to conserve old growth forests across the country. This policy would have updated all forest