OSHA tests find no current toxic issues at Waldport elementary school

April 30, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Tests by a state agency last week at a troubled Waldport elementary school showed no toxic elements or mold still in the building that may have made some children ill in January and April. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Agency spent last Thursday and Friday at Crestview Heights Elementary School, testing air in the

Central coast’s only elk habitat area has special meaning for ODFW

April 25, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The pasture stretches for a mile, bordered on the south side by the Yachats River. In the middle are meandering bush-lined ditches filled with water for frogs and bugs. Swallows have returned to dip and dive and fight over bird boxes along the edge of the marsh. It is the only state-owned elk habitat on the central

Crews reinstall steps Thursday at the north end of the 804 Trail

April 25, 2019

City starts tests to examine problem with Horizon Hill Road

April 25, 2019

The city of Yachats started a year-long $18,000 project Thursday to see if a portion of Horizon Hill Road is sloughing off the steep hillside east of downtown. A contractor with Geo Engineers of Salem took a core sample of earth from Horizon Hill just north of its intersection with Spruce Street. Geo Engineers will then place monitors along each

ODFW, fishing group sponsor Alsea River cleanup on Sunday

April 24, 2019

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Alsea Sportsman’s Association will join forces with other conservation-minded individuals on Sunday, April 28 to clean up the Alsea River. This event is also sponsored by SOLVE and Dahl Disposal Service. The event is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at the U.S. Forest Service’s Blackberry Campground 19 miles east of Waldport

Lincoln County unemployment rate drops slightly in March

April 24, 2019

Lincoln County’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in March but still is higher than the state or national average. The Oregon Employment Department’s Newport office reported this week that Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in March, 0.1 percent lower than in February. It was 4.8 percent in March 2018. Oregon’s unemployment rate is 4.8 percent; the national

Yachats conservation group puts riverside property pursuit on hold

April 24, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A local conservation group organizing an effort to buy 30 acres of undeveloped land along the Yachats River is putting the effort on hold and dropping a request to the city for $200,000 to help fund the purchase. View the Future, a 15-year-old Yachats-based nonprofit, said it could not readily raise the money to meet a $1

Waldport school closed Thursday and Friday for tests of building issues

April 23, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Waldport’s only elementary school is closing for two days this week so a state agency in charge of workplace safety can help the Lincoln County School District determine the source of noxious fumes bedeviling parts of the school. The district moved parent-teacher conferences at Crestview Heights Elementary School to Wednesday and is closing the school Thursday

City commission wants museum board to step up its fundraising efforts

April 23, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats commission tasked with oversight of the Little Log Church and Museum wants to see more information and involvement from the museum board to make it more comfortable with recommending the city spend $300,000 to replace the church. The frustration surfaced at the end of a Yachats Parks and Commons Commission meeting last week as the

Council gets push-back on one-way grid proposal for Ocean View Drive

April 18, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNew.com The Yachats City Council got some push-back Wednesday night as it sought comments on changing traffic flows on Ocean View Drive east and north of Yachats State Park. Lincoln County is in the process of planning repairs to Ocean View Drive through Yachats before turning the road over to the city. The county plans to pave the