A very wet end of October pushes Yachats-area’s 10-month rain totals to highest in a dozen years

November 3, 2024

October on the central Oregon coast was a nice sunny fall month – until it wasn’t. Five of the last 11 days of October saw rain totals of more than one inch in the Yachats area, which made October one of the wettest months in records kept by a group of YachatsNews weather watchers. “Six days before the end

Can Oregon coast seaweed help eastern Oregon cattle from producing too much greenhouse gases?

October 28, 2024

By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service Can seaweed grown on the Oregon coast help prevent beef cattle in eastern Oregon from producing too much methane? Oregon State University researchers are getting $1 million to find out. A five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will try to determine if adding seaweed to the diet of cattle is an effective

Agencies place 700 big trees in Coast Range streams to restore habitat and help salmon, steelhead thrive

October 24, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews FIVE RIVERS – The first warning of impending danger arrives with the distant thrum of slapping blades that quickly gives way to the rhythmic thumping of the incoming Chinook helicopter’s twin rotors. Fishery biologists and the helicopter’s ground crew have placed small flags to show where the helicopter will need to set the trees it carries

Seven years of drone pictures now giving OSU researchers new insights into coastal whale group

September 30, 2024

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Drone footage captured by researchers in Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute is offering new insight into the acrobatics undertaken by gray whales foraging in the waters off the coast of Oregon. The whales’ movements, including forward and side-swimming, headstands and the use of “bubble blasts” change as the whales grow, said

Feds postpone auction of wind energy sites off southern Oregon coast as Kotek pulls out of task force

September 27, 2024

By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Amid mounting opposition to offshore wind development off the coast of Oregon, the federal government announced Friday it is delaying a planned auction for the development of two wind energy sites as Gov. Tina Kotek urged the federal agency to halt all leasing plans and stop the auction. The developments call into question the

Central coast salmon, steelhead hatchery on closure list as ODFW examines facilities, proposes cuts

September 26, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews OTIS – Clayton Morgan has spent the last eight years caring for hundreds of thousands of salmon, steelhead and trout at the state’s hatchery along the Salmon River northeast of Lincoln City. He and his family along with two other Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife employees live at the hatchery, pulling shifts over seven days

Newport-based researchers halfway through four-year study how offshore wind turbines might affect sea life

September 26, 2024

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews For Lisa Ballance and her Oregon State University colleagues, it’s two years down and two to go in their ambitious effort to help federal regulators figure out where to most safely and effectively place huge offshore wind turbines off the wind-rich Oregon and California coasts. Ballance’s team has wrapped up the sixth and final visual survey

Coos, Umpqua, Siuslaw tribes sue federal government in effort to stop October offshore wind auction

September 17, 2024

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Officials from the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians are suing the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management over its decision to greenlight two areas off the southern Oregon coast for potential floating wind energy projects. The southern Oregon tribe – which passed a resolution against floating offshore wind energy in those areas

Researchers — and detection dogs — scour the southern Oregon coast to track the elusive, endangered marten

September 8, 2024

By JULIET GRABLE/Jefferson Public Radio On a warm day in late June, Jessica Buskirk, Alyssa Roddy, and Mark Stevens bushwack through a coastal forest just east of Gold Beach. The three wildlife biologists carefully navigate over downed logs and duck under branches, winding through a tangle of rhododendrons. This dense, sloping forest is bound by a forest road on

Five companies become eligible to bid on Oregon first offshore wind energy projects next month

September 8, 2024

By GOSIA WOZNIASKA/The Oregonian/OregonLive Five companies will be eligible to bid in Oregon’s first offshore wind energy lease sale to be held in mid-October, according to a federal document released last week. The document, published by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, is the final step before the auction takes place Oct. 15. Eligible companies will bid on

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A very wet end of October pushes Yachats-area’s 10-month rain totals to highest in a dozen years

Can Oregon coast seaweed help eastern Oregon cattle from producing too much greenhouse gases?

Agencies place 700 big trees in Coast Range streams to restore habitat and help salmon, steelhead thrive

Seven years of drone pictures now giving OSU researchers new insights into coastal whale group

Feds postpone auction of wind energy sites off southern Oregon coast as Kotek pulls out of task force

Central coast salmon, steelhead hatchery on closure list as ODFW examines facilities, proposes cuts

Newport-based researchers halfway through four-year study how offshore wind turbines might affect sea life

Coos, Umpqua, Siuslaw tribes sue federal government in effort to stop October offshore wind auction

Researchers — and detection dogs — scour the southern Oregon coast to track the elusive, endangered marten

Five companies become eligible to bid on Oregon first offshore wind energy projects next month

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