By JEREMIAH HAYDEN/Street Roots & Oregon Public Broadcasting Laura Gutowski lives just down the street from the Grants Pass home she resided in for 25 years. Her son used […]
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New but “aspirational” state plan outlines ways to overcome gaps and obstacles on 400-mile Oregon Coast Trail
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Anyone seriously thinking about hiking the length of Oregon knows about the Pacific Crest Trail. The 430-mile segment was first explored in the late 1930s and […]
New study shows that coastal counties rely more and more on “transfer income” from growing number of seniors
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Oregon’s coastal counties, including Lincoln County, are more reliant than ever on retirement income and other public benefits to pay for public services and other programs. […]
Pray for clear skies Saturday, Oct. 14 as central Oregon coast becomes first area of U.S. to experience unusual solar eclipse
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews The central Oregon coast will provide the first places in the continental U.S. to view an unusual type of solar eclipse that will occur the morning […]
Lincoln County commissioners pass 1-year moratorium on new vacation rental licenses as they wait for judge’s decision
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews While they wait for a judge’s ruling on vacation rental regulations, Lincoln County commissioners took the pre-emptive step Friday of putting a 1-year moratorium on issuing […]
Attack on gray whale calf by large pod of orcas Monday brings marine predation close to shore for dozens of witnesses
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Emotions ranged from exhilaration to horror Monday evening as dozens gathered on the shore near Cape Foulweather witnessed a pod of killer whales attacking a migrating […]
OSU scientists try to find answers to “so many questions” about small group of whales off central Oregon Coast
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews It’s no secret that watching migrating gray whales during the spring and summer is one of the biggest draws on Oregon’s coast. Far less known, however, […]
Help Wanted! Employers of all types still seek workers following turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A new state economic report lays out two clear themes in describing workforce challenges on Oregon’s central coast — and both are very much on employers’ […]
Yachats audience voices strong support Thursday night for continued use of Commons as a community center open and available to all
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – During the two-year Covid pandemic many people in the Yachats community wrung their hands over what might happen to the shuttered Yachats Commons when […]
Weather permitting, Yachats’ 13th annual New Years Peace Hike returns in full on Sunday
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — After two years of adapting to pandemic concerns, the Yachats Peace Hike returns Sunday, Jan. 1 in full form — weather permitting. Starting at […]