By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Lane County officials say the Trump administration has cancelled a $19.6 million grant aimed at supporting residents during extreme weather events like wildfires and heat […]
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“Wild Things” festival returns for second year Saturday in Yachats and farmers market gets under way Sunday
By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — The accent is on family fun and shopping this Mother’s Day weekend when the “Wild Things” festival returns and the popular Yachats Farmers […]
Oregon DEQ prepares to reopen popular electric vehicle rebate program May 22
By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s popular electric vehicle rebate program is back. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate program is set to reopen May 22, […]
Newest study predicts “The Big One” tsunami will do even greater damage to coast than previously thought
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising […]
Young, blind harbor seal from Canada has found a new home at Oregon Coast Aquarium
NEWPORT – A harbor seal pup rescued in British Columbia two years ago and is now blind because it had its eyes removed due to infection has joined the […]
Construction, foundation work on Yachats’ library, Little Log Church Museum moving briskly with good weather
By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — Work on two of the city’s most-watched building projects is proceeding steadily as workers take advantage of mostly fair spring weather. Foundation work […]
The 33rd and final year of Cycle Oregon’s 7-day tour will bring thousands of riders to the central coast in September
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Toledo and Newport will host two of the final three legs of an iconic recreational event that has drawn thousands of cyclists from all over the […]
Skeleton of massive blue whale hits the road to Canada for final restoration before going on display in Newport
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Newport will soon be the home of one of the largest animals to ever roam the Earth — a near-complete skeleton of a 70-foot long blue […]
Housing crisis forces Presbyterian church to gently evict Yachats Community Garden for pastor’s new home
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews An activist pastor, a treasured garden and a thorny housing crisis — these are the elements of a bittersweet solution to a problem in Yachats. The […]
It’s snowy plover nesting season on the Oregon coast as threatened shorebirds rebound with help of beach restrictions
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal Oregon’s cutest shorebird has made a big rally over the past two decades, from the verge of extinction to expanding its range. Western snowy […]