By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Susan Emerson came from Corvallis. Jennie Smith and her daughter, Katherine, from Madras. Mike Kin drove up from Brookings. And on their years-long tour […]
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Life-sized bronze statue of Louis Southworth — the Black homesteader and namesake of new Waldport park — will be unveiled Nov. 19
By SUSAN PALMER/For YachatsNews.com It’s only a matter of time until someone makes a movie about Louis Southworth’s remarkable life. An Oregon pioneer, a professional fiddle player, a blacksmith, […]
Yachats’ mayor-elect Craig Berdie — the fourth in past eight years — says the city “needs to get going”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The mayor-elect of Yachats – and the councilor who lost to him in this week’s general election – believe the vote was a reflection […]
Gomberg wins sixth term in Oregon House District 10; Miller elected to Lincoln County commission
Rep. David Gomberg, D-Otis, sailed to an easy victory in his House District 10 re-election bid over three days of vote-counting that nearly wrapped up Thursday. Gomberg received 20,874 votes […]
Waldport city council will be getting two new members, two incumbents return; voters approve COCF&R levy
WALDPORT — Waldport city council meetings may look a bit like the teachers’ lounge at Crestview Heights or Waldport Middle/High School in January. Two teachers — Melaia Kilduff and […]
Yachats Celtic Festival returns after two-year absence to international performers, sold out shows — and some free events
BY CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Tune up the bagpipes, rosin up the fiddle bows and stand back: the Yachats Celtic Music Festival hits town this weekend with a sold-out […]
In another sign of the political times, Lincoln County clerk’s office counts thousands of general election ballots under unprecedented levels of outside scrutiny
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT – By the time the first voting results are released at 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, your ballot will have been handled seven times by Lincoln County […]
A dry fall pushes more black bears into coastal neighborhoods, scrounging for food in preparation for winter hibernation
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Black bears — driven by failures in their normal autumn food supplies — are rummaging through garbage cans up and down Oregon’s central coast and generally […]
Yachats council gives 82 feet of neglected city street to neighbors, sends limits on hedges, fences and walls back for more work
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats city council held two public hearings Thursday, approving the donation of a long-neglected and small piece of Shell Street to adjoining property […]
OSU wins $4.2 million federal grant to investigate ocean issues affecting Dungeness crab and food web
BY MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Oregon State University and its research partners $4.2 million to investigate how multiple climate change-related stressors […]