Name: Yachats “open mic” night
Start: 2025-11-16T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-16T19:30:00-08:00
Location: Yachats Community Presbyterian Church

After decline of timber, Coos Bay looks to massive container shipping project as its future economic engine

October 29, 2024

By KYRA BUCKLEY/Oregon Public Broadcasting COOS BAY — For decades, it seemed like Oregon’s south coast city of Coos Bay couldn’t catch a break — at least not economically. The timber industry mostly fled, taking hundreds if not thousands of jobs with it. Fishing and tourism continue to be vital to the area’s financial health, but no economic

Homeless shelter at Yachats church moves to full-time, six month schedule to house five individuals

October 29, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — After operating just 21 days in its first full season, the emergency cold weather shelter in the parking lot of Yachats Community Presbyterian Church is changing to instead house five local homeless people daily for six months. Operators of the Don’s Place shelter plan to open it Nov. 15, shifting away from being a

Yachats continues to negotiate to stop clearcut south of city

October 28, 2024

YACHATS — Yachats’ officials are holding their cards close to the vest as they continue to negotiate to stop a 20-acre clearcut near the base of the Yachats Ridge immediately south of the Yachats River bridge. What is known publicly is that negotiating points set by landowner Clemente Rocha of San Jose have undergone several iterations and continue to

News release: Grand jury finds four officers justified using deadly force Sept. 5 in Lincoln City

October 28, 2024

NEWS RELEASE Monday, October 28, 2024 Jenna Wallace, District Attorney Officer Involved Shooting September 5, 2024 On October 22, 2024, a Lincoln County Grand Jury unanimously found that Oregon State Police Senior Troopers Kyle Winship, Jeremy Smith, Zachary Bohince and Jacob Ferrer were each justified in their use of deadly physical force against Walter “DJ” Oliver Anderson, 38, on September

Oregon will launch nation’s first Medicaid rental assistance program in November

October 28, 2024

By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Health Authority is launching a new rental assistance program through its Medicaid plan that serves low-income Oregonians when medical crises impact their ability to pay rent. The health authority’s plans are intended to keep people housed who need a short-term bridge to make ends meet and pay rent. Its goal is to help

Can Oregon coast seaweed help eastern Oregon cattle from producing too much greenhouse gases?

October 28, 2024

By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service Can seaweed grown on the Oregon coast help prevent beef cattle in eastern Oregon from producing too much methane? Oregon State University researchers are getting $1 million to find out. A five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will try to determine if adding seaweed to the diet of cattle is an effective

Judge denies Yachats businesswoman’s request to keep yurt/travel trailer development in forest zone

October 27, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A Lincoln County circuit judge has denied a request by a prominent Yachats businesswoman seeking to keep a development of four yurts and a travel trailer on 20 acres of property she owns off Starr Creek Road just north of Yachats. Judge Marcia Buckley ruled last week that Lincoln County is correct in saying the dwellings

Yachats council OKs $370,000 bid to (finally) renovate city’s Little Log Church Museum

October 26, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council has approved a bid to begin renovations on the city’s historic Little Log Church Museum despite the higher-than-expected cost. During a public hearing at its Wednesday meeting, the council approved a $370,000 bid from Top to Bottom Contractors of Newport to begin renovations — weather willing — sometime this winter.

Siuslaw National Forest starts seasonal slash burning

October 26, 2024

WALDPORT – Smell smoke in the air? This time of year it’s likely to be from slash burning from summer logging operations on private lands or in the Siuslaw National Forest. The onset of cool, damp fall weather is allowing firefighters to initiate pile burning on the national forest, agency officials said in a news release. Starting Friday and continuing

Clatsop judge dismisses case brought by school district against state over reduced timber revenue

October 25, 2024

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Clatsop County circuit court judge has dismissed a tiny school district’s case against the state over new limits on logging that could lead to reduced funding for the district. The Jewell School District, a single school serving 124 students in Clatsop County, funds its current $4.3 million budget entirely with timber revenue from state