Cape Perpetua Collaborative announces eight weeks of online presentations for its winter speaker’s series

January 5, 2022

YACHATS – The Cape Perpetua Collaborative has announced eight weeks of online presentations for its winter 2022 speaker’s series. Presentations will include a special focus on ocean acidification, transient killer whales, Oregon’s red abalone, the Tahkenitch landing site, Pacific salmon, sea stars, kelp and whales. All one-hour events are free and held virtually on Zoom at 10 a.m. Saturdays

Last of winter’s king tides arrive just in time for new year, drawing more and more visitors to watch the crashing waves

December 30, 2021

The last of the so-called “king tides” of the season hit the Oregon coast Saturday just in time for the new year. In Oregon, king tides occur three months in the winter and three times during the summer when the Earth, moon and sun align to produce the highest tides of the year – ranging from 8-10 feet on

New OSU research website “IndividuWhale” designed to help public understand Oregon’s resident gray whales

December 30, 2021

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Scarlett is known for the large scar on her back. Equal bears the mark of a boat propeller injury. Roller Skate’s fluke was damaged due to entanglement with fishing gear. Solé has a favorite foraging ground she returns to each year. Each of these gray whales was nicknamed by researchers in the Geospatial

Momentum — with some concerns — builds for federal agencies to try to re-introduce sea otters off the Oregon coast

December 16, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com With few exceptions, sea otters haven’t cavorted in the waters off Oregon’s coast since being hunted to extinction during the maritime fur trade of the late 1800s. Now, in a move that is raising eyebrows among commercial fishing interests, an effort is underway to change that by reintroducing sea otters to their historical range along parts

Unusual swarm of more than 90 earthquakes this week off the central Oregon coast occurred in area that is active but not dangerous, experts say

December 9, 2021

By ALYSSA LUKPAT/The New York Times and LEE J. SIEGEL/YachatsNews.com Just after 5:20 a.m. Tuesday, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck off about 250 miles off the central Oregon coast. It was nothing groundbreaking, because quakes happen offshore all the time. An hour and a half later, another tremor rippled through the seafloor. And then another earthquake struck. And another. And

NOAA and OSU scientists studying two significant but so far unrelated ocean events — a large, new heat wave and long-lasting hypoxia

November 16, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Scientists are tracking two significant but seemingly separate ocean events they say have the potential to play havoc with a number of fish, crab, squid and other sea-going creatures and the Oregon coast economies that rely on them. The first is the latest incursion of a marine heatwave. It began in late April in the same

After initial setback, OSU marine researchers from Newport get lucky and find rare beaked whale off Oregon coast

November 1, 2021

By JES BURNS/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Engine trouble can be a real drag. Especially when you’re just a few days into a week-long journey to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in search of elusive beaked whales. So when the Oregon State University research mission aboard the R/V Pacific Storm had to turn around in the middle of the ocean

“Things will die.” The text messages that helped bring down the big poaching ring operating in Lincoln County and the Coast range

October 12, 2021

By TESS RISKI/Willamette Week On Nov. 13, 2019, Willy Hollings dashed off a quick text message to a friend. “The 7 mag did some work on the way home today,” wrote Hollings, referring to his 7mm Remington Magnum rifle. He attached a cellphone picture of three cougar cubs — dead. Police investigators believe Hollings, a stocky, full-bearded 36-year-old, shot the

Three-year OSU study of wild and hatchery coho salmon genetics could help improve with how state hatcheries operate

October 11, 2021

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – A new study of the genetic profiles of wild and hatchery coho salmon demonstrates important distinctions in how the two types of fish form mating pairs. These findings by Oregon State University researchers provide new insight into subtle differences between wild and hatchery fish that could lead to changes in how hatchery

Coalition of mid-coast governments and organizations release draft plan for water use, conservation — with a $120 million price tag

September 30, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Adam Denlinger has spent the past 40 years helping provide customers and businesses with the water they need to survive and flourish. Across those decades, he said, delivering water has largely been left to the 52 mid-coast providers, most very small, who operate from Yachats north to Lincoln City. That changed this week as a consortium

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Cape Perpetua Collaborative announces eight weeks of online presentations for its winter speaker’s series

Last of winter’s king tides arrive just in time for new year, drawing more and more visitors to watch the crashing waves

New OSU research website “IndividuWhale” designed to help public understand Oregon’s resident gray whales

Momentum — with some concerns — builds for federal agencies to try to re-introduce sea otters off the Oregon coast

Unusual swarm of more than 90 earthquakes this week off the central Oregon coast occurred in area that is active but not dangerous, experts say

NOAA and OSU scientists studying two significant but so far unrelated ocean events — a large, new heat wave and long-lasting hypoxia

After initial setback, OSU marine researchers from Newport get lucky and find rare beaked whale off Oregon coast

“Things will die.” The text messages that helped bring down the big poaching ring operating in Lincoln County and the Coast range

Three-year OSU study of wild and hatchery coho salmon genetics could help improve with how state hatcheries operate

Coalition of mid-coast governments and organizations release draft plan for water use, conservation — with a $120 million price tag

Letters from readers

Whale’s entanglement shows need for better derelict gear removal program

Sen. Anderson’s chief of staff out of bounds on ICE and Newport “boomer hippies” remarks

A farewell letter to the Yachats whale

Yes, everyone in Waldport community should refrain from further attacks

The community speaks — ICE detention center not welcome in Newport

Let’s show some grace to all involved in whale’s attempted, emotional rescue

Obituaries

Jon M. French of Waldport

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Civic Calendar

City of Yachats Parks & Commons Commission

Yachats Big Band monthly concert

Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board

Yachats Planning Commission monthly workshop meeting

Yachats Public Works & Streets Commission

Lincoln County School District board of directors

Waldport City Council

Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District monthly board meeting

Newport City Council work session and regular meeting

Southwest Lincoln Water People’s Utility District board

Public & Legal Notices

CITY OF NEWPORT, OREGON NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING

The Board of Directors of the Lincoln County School District, Public Hearing regarding Newport High School

The Board of Directors of the Lincoln County School District, Public Hearing regarding Waldport High School