By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Taylor Hersh, a researcher at the Hatfield Marine Science Center, has been named one of five women in science awardees by L’Oreal […]
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An ageless Santa Claus makes it easy for families (and their pets) to create their Christmas memories
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Bob Mills has seen it all during his 40 years of portraying Santa Claus – the crying babies, the pets, and families in […]
Yachats adds Winter Faire to traditional weekend events to help spice up the holidays
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — December’s first full weekend brings a Santa’s bag full of special holiday events to town. From a tree lighting to wreath-making to Yuletide tunes, […]
Lincoln County School District board nears decision on potential $73 million bond election next May
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Amy Skirvin was surprised seven years ago when she arrived to be the principal of Waldport Middle/High School. Financed with a Lincoln County School District bond, […]
Yachats, Waldport, Lincoln County wrestle with FEMA’s proposed rules for floodplain development and insurance
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Not since Noah warned of an impending flood has there been such a forecast of doom and gloom. But this time it is not about a […]
21 days after Nov. 5 general election, Claire Hall declared winner in Lincoln County commission race
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Twenty-one days after the Nov. 5 general election, Lincoln County commissioner Claire Hall won a sixth term by a razor thin margin. The final, unofficial results […]
Food insecurity in Oregon is on the upswing, according to new OSU study, especially in rural areas
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Hunger rates plummeted in Oregon in the years leading up to the pandemic, but then the Copvid pandemic hit and during the following two […]
Latest count of gray whale calves along West Coast shows them at a near-record low, NOAA researchers report
By NOAA News Service The number of gray whale calves migrating with their mothers along the West Coast this year was one of the lowest on record, NOAA Fisheries […]
Churches, Legion Post, tavern all pitch in to offer free, community Thanksgiving meals beginning Wednesday
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews How many people are you serving for Thanksgiving dinner? Four, six or 12? Ralph and Wanda Janes oversee the free, community Thanksgiving meal at the American […]
Lincoln County students, Yachats volunteer add “Yaquina Neversink” to worldwide fleet of tiny research vessels
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Daniel Roeser admits there may have been a time or two this summer when his work helping assemble a five-foot-long autonomous miniboat felt a bit […]