One of the wettest Novembers in 16 years is pushing Yachats-area rainfall amounts closer to average for the calendar year. But December will have to be a very wet month […]
News Briefs
Annual kids’ breakfast with Santa is Saturday at the Yachats Commons
YACHATS – Children can enjoy snacks and coloring while their parents collect free holiday gifts for them from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday when the Yachats Youth and Family […]
Corvallis bicyclist killed Sunday in Highway 34 collision east of Alsea
ALSEA – A 78-year-old bicyclist from Corvallis was killed Sunday when she and a truck collided at the intersection of Oregon Highway 34 and Decker Road east of Alsea. The […]
Roving sea lion wanders through streets of Lincoln City, refuses fish, returns to ocean
LINCOLN CITY — Lincoln City residents had an extra guest for Thanksgiving weekend: a sea lion who spent Friday evening wandering a residential part of town. The sea lion came […]
Two Samaritan clinics will close Dec. 3-5 for move to new building
NEWPORT — Samaritan Health Services’ occupational medicine clinic and walk-in clinic will close the weekend of Dec. 3-5 as they move into a newly remodeled building at 705 S.W. Coast […]
Unemployment rate in Lincoln County continues to slowly inch down
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate inched down again in October to 6.1 percent, dropping from 6.5 percent in September – and far below the 8.6 percent rate the previous year. The […]
Waldport man dies in Sunday night crash near Seal Rock, two other Waldport residents injured
SEAL ROCK – A 59-year-old Waldport man was killed and two other Waldport residents seriously injured in a head-on crash Sunday night on U.S. Highway 101 just north of the […]
Yachats “Swifty” group offering Dec. 4 workshop on how to make bird boxes
Want to encourage bird life in the Yachats area? Then join a “Christmas Bird House Celebration and Workshop” from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. That’s when SWIFTY — […]
Federal judge tosses Meredith Lodging’s lawsuit against rival Vacasa
EUGENE — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Portland vacation rental management giant Vacasa this week, arguing that a rival’s claims of deceptive advertising didn’t meet the legal standard […]
17 local groups among the 38 to receive quarterly grants from Siletz Tribal fund
SILETZ — The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund has distributed $123,344 to 38 organizations as it continues its quarterly donations to nonprofit groups. Seventeen of the organizations were in Lincoln […]