Coast Guard family sells tamales to make ends meet

Federal shutdown affecting hundreds in Lincoln County

January 24, 2019

FRIDAY DEVELOPMENT: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president’s demands for money to build his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump announced the agreement to break the 35-day impasse as intensifying

Graduation rates skyrocket at Waldport High School

January 24, 2019

Waldport High School increased its four-year graduation rate to almost 94 percent for the 2014-18 school years, the highest rate among the Lincoln County School District’s high schools and 15 percentage points higher than the Oregon average. Waldport High’s graduation rate of 93.88 percent for the class of 2018 was a 16.4 percent increase over the four-year period ending in

Lincoln County unemployment rate holds at 5 percent

January 23, 2019

The unemployment rate in Lincoln County held steady at a seasonally adjusted 5 percent in December, according to data released Wednesday by the Oregon Employment Department in Newport. The seasonally adjusted rate was 4.8 percent in both November 2018 and December 2017. But Lincoln County has a higher unemployment rate than Oregon, which is 4.1 percent, and the nation, which

State police seek help in elk poaching

January 23, 2019

Oregon State Police is asking for help identifying the person or people responsible for the unlawful killing and waste of a 5-point bull elk near Toledo in east Lincoln County. On Jan. 8 state police fish and wildlife troopers were notified by a land owner of a dead bull elk found left to waste near Hidden Valley Road in Toledo.

Communication workshop scheduled in Yachats

January 23, 2019

Two Yachats residents are hosting a workshop March 2-3 on non-violent and compassionate communication. The workshop will be led by LaShelle Lowe-Charde of Portland, a certified non-violent communication trainer. The sessions will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 8 of the Yachats Commons. Cost is $100. According to the organizers, non-violent communication inspires collaboration, creative problem-solving, understanding, learning,

Yachats gets its first marijuana dispensary

January 23, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats has its first pot shop. Yachats Cannabis Company opened for business Tuesday afternoon in the long-vacant blue building at 430 N. Highway 101 across from City Hall and the Commons. The store is one of 609 licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission; there are 25 retail marijuana shops in Lincoln County. The store is owned

Big crowds make Agate Festival a success

January 20, 2019

Visitors to the Yachats Agate Festival look at exhibitor displays Sunday at the Yachats Commons. Organizers said crowds on Saturday and Sunday were the largest in the eight years of the event, which filled the Commons’ multipurpose room, hallways and adjacent classrooms. “It’s just been fantastic,” said Mary Crook, a member of the festival organizing committee. Vendors agreed. Angie Passmore

Yachats Fire District struggles to contain cost of new station

January 17, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Problems with the site of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District’s new $8.3 million station along U.S. Highway 101 have forced the district to make dozens of changes to the project to keep it within budget. The 10,000-square foot station is being built on six acres on the north edge of Yachats with proceeds from a bond

black and white (vintage) photo: Little Log Church - 1927 - Yachats, Oregon (woman and man seated on porch of cabin)

Little Log Church in 1927 – or was it 1929 or 1930?

January 17, 2019

The Rev. Rolla Phelps and his wife, Stella, sit on the steps of the Little Log Church in Yachats. Records show they purchased the property in 1929 for $200 but Yachats historians now believe the 1927 date on the photo is not correct and should be 1930. The rustic little building at the corner of Southeast Third and Pontiac

City Council works through long agenda Wednesday night

January 17, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The fine details of how even a small city is governed and operates were on full display Wednesday night during the second Yachats City Council meeting of the month. In a meeting that fell just short of three hours, the council waded through five reports and a housing presentation from Lincoln County, adopted changes to the city’s