Yachats

After years of analysis and work by consultants, Yachats’ planning commission and city council are working to finish proposals to amend rules that could allow for more types of housing across the city.

Several members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians recently shared their perspective about harvesting a humpback whale last November. The event was to establish the mammal’s cultural and historical importance to coastal Natives.

A 38-foot female gray whale washed ashore a few miles north of Yachats on Sunday.

Several chronic diseases were detected in the juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore tangled in commercial crabbing lines on the beach north of Yachats last November.

Yachats will officially be deemed a Bird City on Sunday. The town hopes the designation will sharpen the community’s environmental focus.

The Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office will hold a community town hall Saturday, Feb. 28, in Yachats.

The death of a humpback whale on the Oregon Coast earlier this month brought together local residents, scientists and tribal members.

The whale that was found stranded on a beach near Yachats had to be euthanized.

A young humpback whale that was euthanized on Monday has been removed from the Oregon beach where it died near Yachats.

A source at the scene confirmed to KLCC on Monday afternoon that the euthanasia had been successfully completed.

Authorities say chances are “slim to none” that the young whale survives.

A man drowned after falling into Thor’s Well near Cape Perpetua on Monday — the third death since 2017 at the Oregon coast landmark.