People often wonder why Newport has two lighthouses — Yaquina Head and Yaquina Bay – so close together at roughly 3.5 miles apart by sea. The answer is simple, but it’s not the oft-repeated falsehood ...

The stewards of Oregon’s tallest lighthouse are sprucing up the popular landmark on Oregon’s central coast for its 150th anniversary in 2023. Yaquina Head acting site manager Chris Papen and acting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse is getting a full makeover next year and will be closed from Jan. 1 to June 2025. The lighthouse, built ...

Newport's historic Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, the only intact wooden lighthouse on the Oregon Coast, is about to be reunited with its lantern. Construction crews will use a crane to return the ...

State parks officials had hoped the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse would open this month, after a $1.8 million renovation. But extensive rot and crumbling brick mean the building remains closed and wrapped in ...

NEWPORT Ore. (KPTV) - The 11,000-pound lantern was lifted to the top of the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse on Tuesday, as part of the ongoing restoration project of the historic building. The lantern - which ...

A white lighthouse blinks from atop the rocky outcropping. Its form stands silhouetted against the pale orange dawn, clouds rimmed with pink above it. Sand and rock sprawl out before me, all the way ...

The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse is getting a full makeover next year and will be closed from Jan. 1 to June 2025. The lighthouse, built in 1871, is the only wooden lighthouse still intact on the Oregon ...