By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Hornets and Eagles will battle for control of the skies over the Oregon coast the next two weeks. An Oregon National Guard statement […]
Other Yachats Community News
Fisherman locate dead orca Thursday west of Coquille and determine it was tangled in recreational crabbing gear
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com The mystery of what caused the death of a juvenile killer whale off Oregon’s central coast last month appears to have been solved. The carcass […]
Lincoln County, city officials and non-profits will use $1 million grant to create plan to address local homeless issues
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer has long harbored hopes of seeing a permanent shelter built somewhere in Lincoln County to help some of the hundreds of people […]
Yachats has had 13 vacation rental licenses available for six months, but not able to get them into the hands of homeowners
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Steven La-Sky bought his ocean-view cabin in Overleaf Village four years ago, intending to use it as a second home and vacation rental until […]
Following some debate and questions, Yachats council OKs city manager to negotiate two initial contracts on projects
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Despite some resistance from Mayor Leslie Vaaler on one and a lot of questions on another, the Yachats City Council on Thursday gave city […]
Yachats readers donate $58,000 during local fundraising campaign to help sustain local effort and hire a reporter
Aug. 16, 2022 fundraising update: Wow. You are so generous. Readers of YachatsNews contributed $58,000 between June 3 and July 8 during the online news site’s “help sustain local […]
Tickets now on sale for Yachats’ Celtic Music Festival as it returns Nov. 11-13 after two-year hiatus
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — One of the city’s most popular events is back with a toe-tapping vengeance when the Yachats Celtic Music Festival returns Nov. 11-13. Silenced by […]
Aboard the Bell M. Shimada: To protect marine life, researchers look for relationship between whales and what they eat
Second of three parts. Tuesday, July 12: Life aboard ship By COURTNEY FLATT/Northwest Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Scientists aboard the Bell M. Shimada keep an eye out for whales […]
The sun came out. The whales appeared. And the Yachats community enjoyed a fun and fabulous Fourth (and Third) of July
YACHATS – There’s nothing quite like a normal Fourth of July in Yachats. Except there’s not much normal. It’s been two years since the community celebrated quite like it did […]
Waldport celebrates Independence Day weekend with fireworks show Sunday night
Here’s a glimpse of some of the fireworks in the Sunday, July 3 show in Waldport and a behind the scenes look of how it happens. […]