By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews SEAL ROCK – A plan to spray herbicides from a helicopter on 473 acres of clearcuts in the South Beaver Creek watershed by a private timber […]
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Federal energy agency asks for public comment on two Oregon coast sites slated for floating offshore wind farms
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Most of Oregon’s congressional delegation is hailing what they call a 60-day pause in federal efforts to develop floating offshore wind-energy platforms off the southern Oregon […]
New doctors will experience demands of rural medical care during final two years of Samaritan’s coastal residency program
NEWPORT – Three new doctors will get a deep dive into the demands of rural health care over the next two years through Samaritan Health Services’ family medicine rural […]
Gray whales that spend summer off the Oregon coast are smaller than Arctic counterparts, OSU researchers find
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Gray whales that spend their summers feeding off the coast of Oregon are shorter than their counterparts who travel north to the […]
After two years of toil, owners open Cafe Chill in downtown Waldport in vastly remodeled video store
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Diana Buckley finally has the coffee shop that she has been dreaming about. But it’s really more than that. Café Chill is open in […]
Support at public meeting on tourist trolley encourages Yachats chamber director to keep pursuing idea, grants
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Maybe there is such a thing as a free ride. At least if the impromptu show of hands during a community meeting Wednesday evening […]
Armed with nets, Sharpies and glitter pens, silverspot researchers spend the summer tracking threatened butterfly
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Izzy Bur kneels on the ground to avoid the brunt of a howling wind that rakes across the salt-spray meadow overlooking the ocean south of Rock […]
NOAA scientists tracking large marine heat wave that’s raised Oregon coastal temperatures by 7 degrees
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A large marine heat wave that has developed each of the past four years has scientists watching closely to see how long it lasts and […]
Years-long legal fight over Lincoln County’s vacation rental regulations finally gets court hearing next week
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews After more than a year of legal wrangling, some decisions may be coming this summer on the legality of Lincoln County’s short-term rental regulations in […]
Central Coast fire board hires investigator to examine allegations surrounding chief’s response to accident involving wife
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board voted during a special meeting last week to hire an outside investigator to sort out chief Jamie […]