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OSU studies risks to coastline from more frequent, bigger storms

February 26, 2019
By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Unstable slopes on Oregon’s coastline could see a 30 percent jump in landslide movements if extreme storms become frequent enough to increase seacliff erosion by 10 percent, a new study by Oregon State University shows. For many slope failures along U.S. Highway 101, these cliffs form the base of active slides that already move a

Study illuminates job vacancies in Lincoln County

February 22, 2019
A new employment study released Friday covering Lincoln County and four adjacent areas shows, once again, that the chances of landing a full-time job with higher pay increase with the more education you have. The study by the Oregon Employment Department was of job vacancies in Lincoln, Benton, Tillamook, Clatsop and Columbia counties during 2018, drawn from a survey of
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Winter campground hosts say it’s a labor of love

February 21, 2019
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Russell and Paula Hagfors get a free place to park their trailer, electricity, sewer and garbage service. In the winter they live in a gated community with a wonderful view of the Pacific Ocean just outside their living room. All they have to do is dodge King tides, hunker down during 60 mph winds and spend four

Proposed lodging tax increase draws no support Wednesday night

February 21, 2019
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com As expected, the major motel managers in Yachats told the City Council Wednesday night that their idea to raise the city’s lodging tax by 11 percent was the wrong way to support tourism and prop up the city budget. Instead, they asked for a better long-term plan for using tourism taxes, to bring more people to Yachats

Consultant recommends new finance software for Yachats

February 21, 2019
The consultant now handling the Yachats’ finances Wednesday night recommended to the City Council that it adopt new accounting software to save staff time and provide a better picture of money issues. With the Feb. 1 departure of clerk Judy Richter, the city is contracting with the Albany-based Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments to handle its finances. One of

State agency “forgives” part of Yachats’ loan for new water tank

February 21, 2019
An Oregon agency that financed the city of Yachats’ new south water tank has “forgiven” $700,000 of the $1.73 million loaned to build it. So now, instead of having to repay the full amount at 2.2 percent interest over 20 years, the $1.03 million balance will be paid back at 1 percent interest over 30 years. The yearly payments are

Hospital offering classes on diabetes and chronic conditions

February 18, 2019
Samaritan Health Services is offering two free workshops starting in March for people with chronic health conditions and for those at risk or who have type 2 diabetes. The workshops are at Pacific Communities Hospital’s education center in Newport. “Living well with chronic conditions” workshop will meet for six weeks every Monday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. beginning March 4.
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Yachats experiencing a “boomlet” of new construction

February 14, 2019
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com During their careers with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Rik and Katherine Arndt lived in some of the West’s most desirable areas – Denver, near Yosemite National Park, New Mexico, and in Ashland. But when it came time to retire the Arndts chose Yachats to build their new home. It wasn’t a decision out of the

OSU study says Oregon’s resident gray whales actually move quite a bit

February 12, 2019
By MARK FLOYD/OSU News Service Oregon is known for having a small population of “resident” gray whales that appears to live off the Pacific Northwest coast in the summer and fall – and not taking the long migration north to the rich feeding grounds of the Arctic Ocean. As it turns out, the resident gray whales are not all homebodies.

Yachats fire board to begin contract talks with firefighters

February 12, 2019
The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District and its newly unionized firefighters will start negotiations for the first time Monday, Feb. 18. The seven full-time Yachats firefighters voted to join the Newport chapter of the International Association of Fire Fighters last August. Yachats was the last fire department in Lincoln County to unionize, but there had been no contract negotiations yet.
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