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“Survivor” TV show schedules open casting call at Chinook Winds

May 4, 2023
Want to make a fool of yourself? Or become famous? Or both? “Survivor,” the long-running CBS TV series reality competition has scheduled an open casting call from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 20 at Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City. “Survivor,” which is currently airing Season 44, brings together a group of so-called castaways, who are challenged to

April weather was wet — and coldest in at least 10 years

May 2, 2023
Weather watchers for YachatsNews have confirmed what anyone who lives on the Oregon coast felt about April – it was cold and wet. Rainfall for April was above twice the average in several places and two weather watchers said the average high temperature for the month – just under 52 degrees – was the coldest in 10 years of record

High toxin levels close recreational crabbing on the southern Oregon coast

May 2, 2023
NEWPORT — Two state agencies have ordered the closure of all recreational crabbing in the ocean, bays, and estuaries on the southern Oregon coast from eight miles north of Winchester Bay to Cape Blanco near Port Orford. The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife and Oregon Agriculture Department said Monday that tests show the marine toxin, domoic acid, is above

DEQ fines OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center for water quality violations

April 29, 2023
By the Albany Democrat-Herald NEWPORT – The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined Oregon State University $6,800 for dumping water into Yaquina Bay that potentially contained up to 12 times the amount of fish-killing chlorine derivatives allowed under its state permit. The state’s environmental regulator found OSU failed to safely treat water cycling out of aquariums at Hatfield Marine Science

Waldport’s outdoor market opens for season on Wednesday

April 27, 2023
WALDPORT — The Waldport Wednesday Market launches its 2023 season Wednesday, May 3, with a host of vendors selling a big range of goods. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Wednesday through the Fall, the market in the parking lot of the Waldport Community Center will offer dozens and dozens of tables and tents, brimming with merchandise and food.

Lincoln County jobless rate drops slightly again in March

April 25, 2023
Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped again last month after seven months of increases. The Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday that the county’s unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in March, down from 5.7 percent in February. That February rate was the first time unemployment numbers had not increased since last July, according to regional economist Erik Knoder. After dipping

Oregon’s congressional Democrats ask federal agency for salmon disaster aid

April 25, 2023
Plummeting numbers of returning salmon have prompted seven of eight members of Oregon’s congressional delegation to urge the Department of Commerce to issue an expedited declaration of a fishery resource emergency for the state. If approved, the declaration would trigger immediate federal aid to help respond to the ongoing losses from low salmon populations and provide economic support to distressed

Central Coast Chorale kicks off spring performances Saturday in Yachats

April 20, 2023
YACHATS — The Central Coast Chorale will celebrate spring with a three-concert series, taking its first bow at Yachats Community Presbyterian Church at 4 p.m. Saturday. Titled “Voices of Spring!”, the series features over 40 Lincoln County singers, accompanied on piano by Milo Graamans, under artistic director Rhodd Caldwell. Graamans is music director and pianist for the Yachats church.

Waldport man killed Monday in head-on crash three miles east of Newport

April 19, 2023
Oregon State Police are still investigating the cause of a Monday morning crash that killed a 70-year-old Waldport man on U.S. Highway 20 three miles east of Newport. Police said Wednesday the crash occurred about 10 a.m. Monday when David E.B. Weaverling was driving east in his Toyota RAV4. Police said his car crossed the centerline and crashed head-on into a
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