Newport says leaking Yaquina Bay pipe may take a month to fix

January 4, 2025

Newport officials say they’re working as fast as they can but it may be a month before a leak that’s diverting treated wastewater into Yaquina Bay can be fixed. Nearly 1,500 gallons of effluent wastewater a minute has been pouring into the bay since Dec. 28. The pipe runs between the East Science Drive area near the Hatfield Marine Science

Landslide and flooding close two popular state parks near Coos Bay

January 3, 2025

A landslide undercut a portion of Cape Arago Highway just south of the Sunset Bay State Park on Friday, Jan. 3. By RACHAEL McDONALD/KLCC News COOS BAY — Cape Arago and Shore Acres state parks near Coos Bay are closed to vehicle traffic after a landslide undercut a portion of Cape Arago Highway just south of the Sunset

Newport studies major changes to Highway 101 to revitalize city center for businesses, residents and tourists

January 2, 2025

By REBECCA HANSEN-WHITE/KLCC News The city of Newport is hoping to revitalize its city center over the next several years. “Newport’s city center needs help,” says a consultant’s report about the project on the city’s website. “Many storefronts are vacant, and buildings are aging or in poor condition. Plus, summer traffic on U.S. 101 and U.S. 20 makes it

5 Questions and a Secret: Chainsaw carver (and poet) Brian McEneny of Seal Rock

January 2, 2025

By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews A tough guy. A softie. The personality of Brian McEneny, owner of Brian McEneny Woodcarving Gallery in Seal Rock, is a combination of sensitive and rough-and-tumble. His two passions in life — skiing and chainsaw carving — are both definitely on the rugged side. But his poetry and his completed chainsaw sculptures are clearly creative and

Innovative seafood lab, tourist association and Siletz tribe return salmon to Food Share of Lincoln County

January 2, 2025

By LORI TOBIAS/For YachatsNews For 10 years, Food Share of Lincoln County processed and distributed hatchery salmon to community food pantries all along the coast, sharing about 2,000 pounds of the protein-rich fish a year. Then in 2018, the nonprofit learned it would no longer be permitted to process the fish due to new food handling regulations and the salmon

Samaritan opening pharmacy on Lincoln City hospital campus

January 2, 2025

LINCOLN CITY — Samaritan Health Services is trying to buck the trend of pharmacy closures by opening one on its North Lincoln Hospital campus on Monday, Jan. 6. The pharmacy’s hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and closed daily for lunch from 1 to 2 p.m. “After one local pharmacy closed in

Fewer Lincoln County residents and Oregonians voted in November’s general election compared with 2020

January 2, 2025

By BRYCE DOYLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting and YachatsNews Fewer Lincoln County residents and Oregonians overall voted in this presidential election compared to the last one. About 75 percent of registered Oregon voters returned their ballots during this year’s general election. In all, 2,308,256 Oregonians returned their ballots this year, which was 105,634 fewer voters than 2020, or a 5 percent

Philomath mill finds a growing niche by specializing in hardwoods that others don’t want to deal with

January 2, 2025

By BRAD FUQUA/Philomath News Brad Mehl and Terry Haddix walk the grounds of Patrick Lumber just west of Philomath to check on the construction progress of a new hardwood sawmill. The sun shining overhead seemed appropriate for this longtime player in Oregon’s logging industry — almost symbolic of what appears to be a bright future for the company. Last

Theatre West offering 2003 version of “Dial M for Murder” as part of 50th anniversary

January 1, 2025

By Oregon Coast TODAY Dial T for Theatre West’s next production, “Dial M for Murder,” opening Thursday, Jan. 9 in Lincoln City. Set in London in 1952, the play centers around former tennis player Tony Wendice, who is plotting to have his unfaithful wife, Margot, murdered so he can inherit her money. He hires a former acquaintance to kill

Patty Gewalt, Yachats

January 1, 2025

Patty Gewalt March 27, 1934 – Dec. 4, 2024 Patricia Mae Cobb was born on March 27, 1934, to Thomas and Beatrice Cobb and raised in the small mill town of Westfir, Ore. where the beautiful North Fork of the Willamette River flows and a historic covered bridge connects it to the mill. Patty went to grade school in