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 ...

In 1873, head lighthouse keeper Fayette Crosby led the first lighting of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. A century and a half later, the iconic coastal landmark will celebrate its 150-year anniversary ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sitting atop a bluff at the mouth of the Yaquina River is a small wooden lighthouse in need of repair. Soon, this piece of Oregon Coast history will undergo restorations meant to last for generations ...

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 ...

YAQUINA, Ore — This week, we go inside one of the finest of Oregon’s prized "whitewashed wonders" that’s also a parkland and a natural area filled with surprises at Yaquina Head Lighthouse. As the ...

Oregon only has nine main coastal lighthouses, so what are the odds that one town would have two? That's Newport, of course, the saltiest place on the Oregon coast. Here's a rundown on all of Oregon's ...