By ALEJANDRO FIGUEROA/Oregon Public Broadcasting SILETZ — Patrick Clarke is outside, setting up a big pot of broth with Cajun spices over a propane flame. He’s already got a […]
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Campaigns trade barbs after Republican challenger sends email seeking six debates with Rep. Hoyle
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Republican congressional nominee Monique DeSpain is challenging Democratic Rep. Val Hoyle to six debates in a congressional district that many Republican operatives are eying […]
Port of Alsea hits a snag in search for new manager as replacement resigns, business slows
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Port of Alsea is postponing looking for a new manager until winter after the man hired for the job resigned and business this […]
YachatsNews passes first benchmark in local fundraising effort; two weeks left in June campaign
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The past two years when YachatsNews conducted its local fundraising campaign my wife, Kathi, asked if I’m embarrassed to seek donations from people. My answer has […]
Owner of 40-acre site on south edge of Yachats wants to log it — or cut some kind of deal with city
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether an eleventh-hour effort to stop a 40-acre clearcut on a swath of timber just across the Yachats River bridge in south Yachats will […]
Lincoln County district attorney-elect Jenna Wallace will be appointed to office Friday, begins work rebuilding office
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek will appoint Jenna Wallace as Lincoln County’s next district attorney on Friday as Lanee Danforth’s resignation takes effect six months before the […]
NOAA reports declining trend in the number of entangled whales off Oregon and West Coast
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews After spiking to record numbers a decade ago, the reported instances of whales along the West Coast getting tangled in commercial and recreational fishing gear is […]
OSU hopes 77-unit apartment complex for marine science center students, staff will help housing issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT — When Oregon State University asked years ago to expand its Hatfield Marine Science Center it made a commitment to develop housing for some of […]
City of Waldport thinks it has a “smoking deal” for playground surface at new Southworth Park
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Something out of the ordinary happened when Waldport city manager Dann Cutter began casting about to find a contractor to install a special surface […]
Warming ocean and 2015 heat wave harmed marine life on Oregon’s capes which are now struggling to recover
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Marine plants and animals on the Pacific Coast have been hit by an epidemic and devastating heat wave over the past decade, and […]