Volunteers from Oregon and across the country converge on Cape Perpetua to restore historic shelter

September 26, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The 17-foot log rests on scaffolding 800 feet above the Pacific Ocean. A crew of retirees and Forest Service employees hefts the big log into place so it can be pushed and pulled through two 11-inch holes in the peak of the West Shelter perched high on the edge of Cape Perpetua. Despite harnesses and straps

Orchard’s orchids: A Yachats man’s love affair with a rare flower from South Africa

September 19, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Wally Orchard admits his hobby – if you can call it that — is a little out of hand. There is the timely gathering of tiny seeds, the pollenating, the work inside his small laboratory, the careful cultivating of plants, and weekly trips to a Florence greenhouse where he tends to hundreds of mature orchids. But

As Yachats-area housing market continues to heat up, agents and buyers scramble to find homes

September 12, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The 33-year-old house sits near the south end of Yachats Ocean Road. It has two bedrooms, two baths and just 1,200 square feet of living space on 0.6 acres. There’s a detached single-car garage. Outdated but well-cared for, the house has a killer view of the Pacific. Its Portland owner put the property on the market

Yachats council finishes most of its work on details of revised vacation rental regulations

September 5, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Except for one issue, The Yachats City Council has finished wrestling with changes to its 2-year-old vacation rental regulations – keeping a 125-license limit, not allowing license transfers and more than doubling fees for renewing licenses. The council reached consensus on five more issues from an 12-item list during its workshop session Wednesday. Six issues were

Yachats, central Oregon coast businesses reap benefit of another strong tourist season

August 29, 2019

QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com To spend a couple of hours in the Yachats Visitor Center is to glimpse a microcosm of summer tourism here. There’s a surfer dude and his girlfriend cruising the West Coast before returning to their ski resort jobs in Colorado. There are couples from Arizona escaping the blistering summer heat, a group of sisters from Missouri, a

OSU erects new building in Newport tsunami zone

Legislature’s repeal of building ban in coastal tsunami zones brings out critics — and local support

August 22, 2019

By ANDREW SELSKY/The Associated Press NEWPORT — With sunlight sparkling off surrounding Yaquina Bay, workers are putting up an ocean-studies building, smack in the middle of an area expected to one day be hit by a tsunami. Experts say it’s only a matter of time before a shift in a major fault line off the Oregon Coast causes a

Onlookers and TV cameras before the decision was made to euthanize stranded whale in Waldport

Humpback whale euthanized after 30 hours on Waldport beach was healthy before stranding, necropsy shows

August 17, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A young humpback whale euthanized Thursday after stranding itself on the beach for 30 hours was a healthy male with no apparent injuries or wounds, according to preliminary necropsy results. The whale’s layer of blubber was good condition, Michael Milstein, the Portland-based spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said Friday. He said veterinarians who

“Shop the Dock” program gives coastal residents and visitors a close-up view of Oregon fisheries

August 8, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Angee Doerr faces the group of 26 and runs through some simple instructions: it’s a working dock, so give fishermen the right of way; don’t get too close to the edge; dock planks are uneven so watch your step. It’s the first of an-every-Friday-morning-in-August tour of Newport’s commercial docks run by Oregon State University’s extension and Sea

Mysterious murrelet: The public joins survey each July to develop more information on the seabird

August 1, 2019

By Victoria Sanchez, The Siuslaw News YACHATS – It’s 4:30 a.m. and the rustle of rain jackets and tents interrupts the otherwise stillness of the Cape Perpetua campsite. Some 25 people roll out of their sleeping bags and hurry to dress for the drizzle that’s beginning to shower the camp. A red Chevrolet truck’s headlights turn on as the

Wakonda Beach State Airport caters to pilots who enjoy flying and the Oregon coast

July 25, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The little plane appears in the eastern sky. Skimming over tree tops, it makes a loop south and then turns sharply north to line up with the runway below. A stiff wind buffets the single-engine Piper TriPacer until it gets below the tree line, touching down gently on the grass runway. It’s taken Ken Zimmerman just 37

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Volunteers from Oregon and across the country converge on Cape Perpetua to restore historic shelter

Orchard’s orchids: A Yachats man’s love affair with a rare flower from South Africa

As Yachats-area housing market continues to heat up, agents and buyers scramble to find homes

Yachats council finishes most of its work on details of revised vacation rental regulations

Yachats, central Oregon coast businesses reap benefit of another strong tourist season

Legislature’s repeal of building ban in coastal tsunami zones brings out critics — and local support

Humpback whale euthanized after 30 hours on Waldport beach was healthy before stranding, necropsy shows

“Shop the Dock” program gives coastal residents and visitors a close-up view of Oregon fisheries

Mysterious murrelet: The public joins survey each July to develop more information on the seabird

Wakonda Beach State Airport caters to pilots who enjoy flying and the Oregon coast

Letters from readers

Lincoln County ballot measure is a commitment to our veterans

$25,000 grant will help View the Future’s community conversations

Look at Medicare Advantage plans carefully before making a decision

Obituaries

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Marie Jones of Newport

Rebecca L. Bloch of Yachats

Civic Calendar

Newport Planning Commission work session and regular meeting

Lincoln County School District board special meeting

Port of Newport Commission monthly meeting

Port of Alsea commission special meeting

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

Public & Legal Notices

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD

Otter Rock Water District NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET HEARING