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By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – A buzz of excitement electrified Newport docks Saturday as the first of the small crab boats arrived to unload their catch under perfect December weather. Crews with Pacific Living Seafood positioned totes, shoveled ice and hoisted crab from boat-holds to the dock where forklifts scurried to fill box trucks bound for live markets. “We

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — A new place to get a premium caffeine buzz has quietly opened inside Ona Restaurant in downtown Yachats. Dream Machine Coffee is now offering high-end espresso-based beverages and single origin pour-over coffees. In addition, there are beverages for non-coffee drinkers, along with snacks, all in a colorful space that used to be the north

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews Two young boys and their parents came to the Yachats Food Pantry recently to get groceries. Pantry leader Pam Luderitz was working the counter that day, and finished up the order by asking the boys what kind of cereal they wanted. As they pondered, she opened the freezer for another client, and the boys saw the

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Oregon Coast Community College hopes the second time is the charm. The OCCC board voted unanimously Wednesday night to ask voters in May to approve a $33.16 million bond to build what is calling a “cutting-edge” trade and technical education center on its main Newport campus. The bond would be for 21 years. The proposal replaces

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats Underground Pub & Grub, a favorite local watering hole and music venue, has closed. The sudden and unexpected closure came the evening of Dec. 6 after a cash register malfunction led to words between a bartender and owner David Lothrop, who witnesses say berated the bartender in front of customers. The bartender

YACHATS – The Yachats Rural Fire District is looking to fill a board seat that will become vacant Dec. 31 with the resignation of longtime member Betty Johnston of Yachats. Johnston, 83, announced her resignation in October and attended her final board meeting Monday during which other members voted unanimously to create a title for her as “board member emeritus.”

To YachatsNews readers: There are a lot of worthy organizations peppering you this month for end-of-the-year tax deductible donations. YachatsNews, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is respectfully joining those groups to see if there’s anything left in your giving budget after donating to your other preferred organizations. Here’s why. As other media outlets, especially local newspapers, shrink in staff and coverage,