By Oregon ArtsWatch WALDPORT — No one wants to hear they’ve been diagnosed with the illness that will kill them. That includes art collector Duane Snider of Waldport. Yet […]
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Class action lawsuit against Pacific Power for Echo Mountain and three other 2020 wildfires now scheduled for April
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman-Journal The trial date for a high-stakes class action lawsuit that blames Pacific Power for igniting four of Oregon’s Labor Day fires is set for next […]
Real market property values in Lincoln County jump 24 percent, but most property tax bills will see a 3-5 percent increase
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Lincoln County assessor has put into cold, hard figures what anyone who owns or is looking for real estate is thinking about property values. Wow. […]
Councilor, commission chair seeking Yachats mayor position have similar thoughts on issues but different approach to solutions
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Yachats city councilor who sought the mayor’s office four years ago is facing off against the chair of a city commission […]
Two appointees and one commission member vying for two seats on five-member Yachats city council
YACHATS – While not quite as crowded a field as two years ago, there are choices for city of Yachats voters Nov. 8 when it comes to electing two council […]
New engineering study of Little Log Church Museum gives Yachats council hope that it can be repaired next year
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats city council may finally have found an engineering report and estimate to repair its shuttered Little Log Church Museum that it likes. […]
City of Waldport making offer to Lincoln County School District to buy 2.81-acre former Seashore property downtown
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The city of Waldport is going to make a run at purchasing the hulking, former middle school building and garden area that the Lincoln […]
New NOAA report says changing ocean leads to 38 percent decline in West Coast’s gray whales last two years
By NOAA Fisheries News Service Gray whales that migrate along the West Coast of North America continued to decline in number over the last two years, according to a […]
What you need to know about mushroom hunting and gathering as season hits full stride in coastal forests
Compiled from the Salem Statesman Journal and YachatsNews.com It’s mushroom season on the Oregon coast. The prize of the local fungi group is the Pacific golden chanterelle, which was […]
City of Waldport agrees to sell fire station to COCF&R for $1.02 million — and forgive loan if district helps it win big state grant
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The contentious issue of ownership of the main fire station in downtown Waldport may be settled – for one to five years, at least. […]