BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The city of Waldport will get appraisals for the property and two buildings it owns along Lint Slough Road to help determine if it […]
Samaritan taking steps to improve equity and inclusion issues
To the editor: From time to time, we receive feedback from patients who have reported uncomfortable or unsatisfying experiences at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital, some due to issues of equity […]
Flamenco dancer Fuentes returns to Yachats April 23
YACHATS – Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes is returning to Yachats for a performance Saturday, April 23. The show called “Eterno” featuring Fuentes and singer/instrumentalist Diego Amador Jr. begins at […]
Big demand, tight supply results in reservation rush for many Oregon coast campgrounds during popular months
ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal In the morning darkness of early spring, Carol Gilbert wakes up with her two young children, makes tea and prepares for battle. While getting her […]
Oregon Parks Commission delays rules on drones, will seek increased penalties for assaulting rangers
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman-Journal The number of rangers being assaulted and harassed by visitors at Oregon’s state parks has increased over the past three to four years, spurring the Oregon […]
Resignations of two chiefs and Idanha-Detroit fire board force Marion County commissioners to step in
By BILL POEHLER/Salem Statesman-Journal DETROIT — After a slate of contentious meetings, all five board members – and the fire chief and the acting fire chief – of the Idanha-Detroit […]
Tuition will be increasing at nearly all Oregon public universities this fall
The University of Oregon is increasing tuition for incoming freshman in the fall of 2022. (Rick Obst/Creative Commons) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Incoming freshmen at nearly all of Oregon’s […]
Oregon State University names new leader of its Sea Grant Program in Newport, Corvallis
By OSU News Service Karina Nielsen, the leader of a marine science center at San Francisco State University and an Oregon State University alumna, has been named director of Oregon […]
A sense of responsibility brings Yachats violin maker out of retirement to restore life and music to 100-year-old harp
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — A musical instrument restorer attracted to ambitious projects came out of retirement to bring one more trounced instrument back to life. This time it […]
Yachats council asked to take next step in downtown boardwalk project by seeking detailed engineering plans
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – An ambitious proposal to build a 350-foot-long boardwalk overlooking the Yachats River is reaching its first critical test with a key Yachats commission asking […]