Seven years of drone pictures now giving OSU researchers new insights into coastal whale group

September 30, 2024

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Drone footage captured by researchers in Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute is offering new insight into the acrobatics undertaken by gray whales foraging in the waters off the coast of Oregon. The whales’ movements, including forward and side-swimming, headstands and the use of “bubble blasts” change as the whales grow, said

Oregon State Parks begin phasing in all kinds of fee increases beginning Oct. 15

September 30, 2024

By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal Camping or visiting an Oregon state park is about to get a little more expensive. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has announced a series of fee increases at the state’s roughly 250 parks and recreation areas that include everything from camping to parking to making an online reservation. Most of the fee increases

Lambert would bring her passion to Waldport mayor’s position

September 29, 2024

To the editor: I am writing in support of Heide Lambert as Waldport’s next mayor. I have known Heide for about 10 years, and can attest to her incredible passion and care for the arts, families, community, and a healthy environment for all. Our daughters first met on the school bus, and through our shared passion and involvement of our

Feds postpone auction of wind energy sites off southern Oregon coast as Kotek pulls out of task force

September 27, 2024

By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Amid mounting opposition to offshore wind development off the coast of Oregon, the federal government announced Friday it is delaying a planned auction for the development of two wind energy sites as Gov. Tina Kotek urged the federal agency to halt all leasing plans and stop the auction. The developments call into question the

Central coast salmon, steelhead hatchery on closure list as ODFW examines facilities, proposes cuts

September 26, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews OTIS – Clayton Morgan has spent the last eight years caring for hundreds of thousands of salmon, steelhead and trout at the state’s hatchery along the Salmon River northeast of Lincoln City. He and his family along with two other Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife employees live at the hatchery, pulling shifts over seven days

To help plan for the future of its property, Yachats council OKs $120,000 for a civic master plan

September 26, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – To get a handle on what’s required to maintain a city’s buildings and public spaces while also looking to future needs and wants, a community should have a plan. Yachats does not have a plan. That does not mean city officials are not taking care of those things. Yachats now has plenty of projects

Citing political rancor, Waldport mayor resigns three months before end of second term

September 26, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Waldport Mayor Greg Holland announced his immediate resignation from office on social media early Wednesday. In a letter posted on Facebook’s Waldport Community page, the two-term mayor and former three-term city council member, cited political rancor as his reason for stepping aside before the end of his term in December. “I am proud to

Newport-based researchers halfway through four-year study how offshore wind turbines might affect sea life

September 26, 2024

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews For Lisa Ballance and her Oregon State University colleagues, it’s two years down and two to go in their ambitious effort to help federal regulators figure out where to most safely and effectively place huge offshore wind turbines off the wind-rich Oregon and California coasts. Ballance’s team has wrapped up the sixth and final visual survey

Yachats still waiting on final contractor bids to determine how, when to proceed with library project

September 26, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — On the surface, it may look as though not much is happening with the re-build of the Yachats Library. The old structure still stands on West Seventh Street; the temporary library is still open in the Commons building, with no exit date in sight. But key players in the years-old drive to give the

Lincoln City police news release on narcotics detective hire

September 26, 2024

The Lincoln City Police Department is excited to announce that a full-time, dedicated, narcotics detective has been assigned to the department’s Investigations Division. This detective position will be dedicated to investigations that identify, disrupt and dismantle local, state, and multi-state drug trafficking individuals and organizations, using an intelligence-driven and multi-agency-support approach. Although the Lincoln City Police actively and successfully work