The value of Oregon’s commercial fishing harvests jumped to a better-than-average level in 2018, according to figures released this month by the Oregon Employment Department. Harvests have been averaging $151 […]
Six candidates file for three Yachats Fire Board seats
Voters in the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District will have some choices May 21 when it comes to choosing members of the district’s five-person board. Three positions up for election […]
Yachats and its businesses gear up for busy Spring Break
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It’s a brilliant, sunny day but Greg Shocklee and Ella Geffey are in the lower kitchens of the Ona Restaurant & Lounge slicing potatoes and making German […]
Yachats commission OKs yearly museum budget but asks for increased fundraising
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Parks and Commons Commission on Thursday approved a yearly budget for the city-owned Little Log Church and Museum, but not before warning the museum board […]
Yachats council discusses issues with county commissioners
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council spent an hour Wednesday night meeting with the three Lincoln County commissioners, getting the county’s view — and asking a few questions — […]
Agencies ask beachgoers to help protect snowy plover nesting sites
The Siuslaw National Forest and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department are urging beachgoers to help recovery of the threatened western snowy plover by respecting nesting areas and beach restrictions during […]
Painting of Yaquina Bay Bridge will cause some disruptions
A project to paint part of the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport may cause some short delays or minor disruptions until October. Contractors for the Oregon Department of Transportation will […]
Little Log Church board agrees to tear down, replicate deteriorating building
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There are holes in the siding of the Little Log Church and Museum in downtown Yachats. There is no foundation under the church. And there is dry […]
Yachats may have been under-charging biggest water users for years
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com What do you do when after three years it’s discovered that you might be under-charging the biggest water users in Yachats? That’s the $27,000 question that could […]
Waldport High students selling their tiny house
Want a tiny house? Students at Waldport High School may have a deal for you. Students in the school’s manufacturing and fabrication class designed and then built the shell for […]