By JONATHAN LEVINSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Mayor Dean Sawyer resigned Monday, three days after OPB revealed he has been posting offensive content in a private Facebook group for current and […]
53-year-old Sitka Center in Otis takes a fresh look at art through youth programs, residencies, and Indigenous fellowships.
By OREGON ARTSWATCH OTIS — Jonathan Case may best be known as an award-winning cartoonist, the author and the creator of the graphic novel Little Monarchs. But once upon a […]
Marine reserve researchers begin surveying coastal visitors
Researchers are visiting nearly two dozen sites along the Oregon coast to find out what visitors know about Oregon’s Marine Reserves and whether their visits will help foster change in […]
Newport mayor should resign over Facebook posts
To the editor: I have not been a fan of Newport mayor Dean Sawyer for a while. Previously I was collecting signatures door to door and at the Newport Farmers […]
Hillsboro bicyclist killed in collision with log truck near Gleneden Beach
GLENEDEN BEACH – A 57-year-old Hillsboro man died Friday afternoon when his bicycle collided with an empty log truck just north of Fogarty Creek State Park. Oregon State Police said […]
Three deaths in Highway 126 crash near Walton are 10th in past two years
WALTON – Three people were killed Wednesday evening on Oregon Highway 126 about 30 miles east of Florence when the driver of a westbound car lost control and hit two […]
Thank you! YachatsNews surpasses its $50,000 local fundraising goal — but you can still help
Thank you. You are all so very generous. YachatsNews surpassed its June local fundraising goal of $50,000 this week (yes, it was extended through the July 4 holiday) with the […]
A record dry June following a very dry May could lead to water-use restrictions this summer in Yachats
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS — A nearly bone dry June and the prospect of little rain in July and August likely means some water restrictions coming to Yachats. The […]
Lincoln County commissioners agree to allocate $3.6 million in last of federal relief funds to 11 projects
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County commissioners plan to allocate $3.6 million in pandemic relief funds to 11 projects ranging from two winter homeless shelters, to affordable housing to beginning […]
Owners of iconic Ziggurat House in Tenmile community pick through the pieces of their destroyed house Friday
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews TENMILE – With the scent of charred timbers in the air a single firefighter from Yachats hosed down a smoking hotspot Friday inside the iconic Ziggurat […]