BY MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Oregon State University and its research partners $4.2 million to investigate how multiple climate change-related stressors […]
Yachats-area rainfall through October is 77 percent of normal
Measured rainfall for 2022 in Yachats is running at 77 percent of normal for the year, according to the latest measurements at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. But that doesn’t […]
In many parts of rural Oregon, psilocybin treatment is on the Nov. 8 ballot – but what it entails is still a mystery
Gilliam County Commissioner Pat Shannon voted to put a psilocybin opt-out measure on the ballot. He’s not convinced that psilocybin therapy can help ailments like depression, anxiety and addiction. By […]
Pioneer receives $25 million grant to expand internet in rural areas
Two internet providers on the central Oregon coast have been awarded millions in federal funds to install high-speed broadband connections in rural areas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $759 […]
Yachats community will gather Sunday, Nov. 20 to throw Don Dougherty a going-away 65th birthday bash
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Don Dougherty is getting a birthday party and a sendoff. Dougherty, 64, who lived in and around Yachats for the last 30 years, died […]
Agencies break ground for low-income apartment complex in Lincoln City
LINCOLN CITY – Officials from four nonprofits and government agencies broke ground last week on a 44-unit apartment complex for low-income residents. Known as Wecoma Place, the four-story building at […]
Columbia Bank is selling its branches in Waldport and Newport, but their new owner — whoever they are — will continue to operate them
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Columbia Bank is selling – but not closing — its branch offices in Waldport and Newport as a proposed merger with Umpqua Bank nears […]
Yachats-area artist changes coasts, careers and now finishing up three years of grueling botanical illustration studies
By Oregon ArtsWatch YACHATS — If life had gone according to plan, Dana LaMair and her husband, Mark, would be living the life on a cruiser somewhere off the […]
Mayors from Oregon cities big and small say they will press 2023 Legislature for more help to fight homelessness
People set up a mini-homeless camp on the edge of Southeast 28th Street in Portland in September 2022. (Fred Joe/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle More than two […]
Celeste McEntee will help bring change to Oregon
To the Editor: On Tuesday, Nov. 8 we have the opportunity to elect a new representative for Oregon House District 10. It is an opportunity for change and a new […]