By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Oregon Fish and Wildlife commissioners are expected Friday to indefinitely extend regulations aimed at reducing whale entanglements with commercial crabbing gear. Commissioners, meeting in Salem, […]
Carl Miller, Yachats
Carl F. Miller, Yachats Dec. 4, 1939 – July 24, 2023 Carl F. Miller, a longtime Yachats resident who led a local theater group, was chair of a museum nonprofit […]
Signups for commercial matsutake mushroom permits on Siuslaw Forest now open
WALDPORT — Applications for matsutake mushroom collection permits for the Central Coast ranger district of the Siuslaw National Forest are now open. Every year, 100 commercial-use permits are available on […]
Oregonians can start applying for paid family and medical leave from work beginning Aug. 14
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon workers can apply for benefits through the state’s new paid leave program starting Aug. 14. The program, Paid Leave Oregon, covers family leave, […]
Former OLCC director files lawsuit notice, claims governor fired him because of pot company owner
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting The former head of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission says Gov. Tina Kotek fired him earlier this year at the behest of a controversial […]
Siuslaw National Forest bans fires everywhere except designated campgrounds
Three months of hot, dry conditions has led the Siuslaw National Forest to ban all campfires — charcoal or briquette fires, pellet fires, or any other open fires — outside […]
Yachats wins $100,000 state grant to help make it more energy resilient when emergencies occur
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Preparing for emergencies big and small is just common sense – whether at the household level with Band-Aids in the medicine cabinet and a […]
Dick Anderson, GOP senator from Lincoln County plans to file for re-election
There are 67 weeks until the November 2024 election, but some campaigns have set their alarm clocks extra early. The Oregon Senate Republican Caucus said three senators who did not […]
Oregon governor indicates Friday she will let legislation allowing self-service gasoline to become law in early August
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting After five decades, Oregon’s ban on self-serve gas is about to come to a close. Gov. Tina Kotek on Friday gave notice that she plans […]
Is a drug and alcohol rehab facility a good fit for Bayshore? More than 100 residents say “no” during special HOA meeting Wednesday
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews BAYSHORE – A Colorado company considering buying the Alsi Resort and transforming it into a drug rehabilitation facility ran into a united wall of “not in […]