BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Tucked in a nondescript building on the shore of Yaquina Bay is a new hub of innovation intent on transforming the local seafood market. […]
Other Yachats Community News
Oregon Sea Grant selects Yachats resident for new education position at Hatfield Marine Science Center
By TIFFANY WOODS/Oregon Sea Grant Oregon Sea Grant has appointed Tracy Crews of Yachats to a new position of associate director of education to oversee its K-12 marine education […]
Habitat for Humanity opens applications for two homes it plans to build in downtown Waldport
WALDPORT — Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County has opened the application process for families to help build and own two homes it will construct in Waldport. Ground breaking […]
New national and local report highlights the impact of Lincoln County arts organizations on the economy
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews For you, it may just be a night at the play, a trip to an art gallery or going somewhere to listen to live music. But […]
Yachats fire district voters easily approve 61 cent operating levy; county voters OK increase in lodging tax
Voters in the Yachats Rural Protection District on Tuesday approved the district’s request to renew a 61 cent property tax levy to support its yearly operations. The five-year […]
When Celtic performers from around the world come to Yachats this weekend, you can thank volunteers from Polly Plumb Productions
By Oregon ArtsWatch YACHATS — World-renowned musicians will take the stage in Yachats this weekend to play Celtic music to sold-out crowds from all over Oregon and the […]
Chief Donald “Doc” Slyter of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw tribes dies Saturday of cancer
BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Revered for his passion and commitment to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw – Chief Donald ‘Doc’ Slyter, who also served as a […]
A ride-a-long with a Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy in Waldport illustrates why no day is a typical day
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The phone calls to 9-1-1 reporting a man walking around with a rifle and stopping to aim at people’s houses came in while Lincoln County Sheriff’s […]
Soil tests for Yachats library project throw a monkey wrench into $1 million expansion plans
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The plan all along had been to renovate and expand the 50-year-old Yachats Library on West Seventh Street with a $1.09 million makeover. But […]
Yachats council asks staff to develop homeless camping ordinance so it can begin some type of enforcement
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Getting an ordinance on the books to addresses homeless camping in Yachats moved forward Thursday with a request by the city council that staff […]