It’s officially a go! Tickets on sale for the Yachats Celtic Festival in November

July 19, 2021

It’s official — tickets are on sale for the Yachats Celtic Music Festival Nov. 12-14. Offering three days of live music, dancing, food, crafts and workshops, the festival hasn’t yet cemented its schedule, which will be available soon on its website. Still, tickets for all three days of the event are available — for $30 to $75 — at the

With 3 new members, Central Oregon Coast fire board quickly seeks details on levy, equipment — and purchase of former City Hall

July 19, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – It didn’t take long last week for the three new members of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board to set a new tone for the five-member board. After Buster Pankey, Todd Holt and Kathryn Menefee were sworn in Thursday evening, they nominated and the board unanimously voted Pankey as chair, Menefee as

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for July 15-17

July 19, 2021

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21198647 07/15/2021 14:45 Officer #44704 KATSIKIS, KELLY DUII – Controlled Substance Location 101, Mile post 118 118 NB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary I located the subject of a driving complaint on US-101 near milepost 118 and stopped it for speeding. An investigation revealed the operator was impaired. The operator was arrested and transported to the Lincoln City

Citizen review board for foster children seeks more Lincoln County volunteers

July 19, 2021

To the editor: The Citizen Review Board is Oregon’s statewide foster care review program that reviews the case plans of children and families involved in the child welfare system to determine if their placements and services are appropriate. Each child in foster care is required by law to have their case reviewed by a judge or a panel of local

Seismic survey ship returns to port after six weeks searching for data on the Cascadia fault zone off Oregon and the West Coast

July 18, 2021

TOM BANSE/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Earthquake researchers are eager to dig into a trove of new data about the offshore Cascadia fault zone. When Cascadia ruptures, it can trigger a megaquake known as “the Big One.” The valuable new imaging of the geology off the Oregon, Washington and British Columbia coasts comes from a specialized research vessel. The

After 17-month closure, Marine Science Center will reopen visitor center Aug. 1

July 18, 2021

NEWPORT – The visitor center at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport plans to reopen Monday, Aug. 1 after a nearly 17-month closure due to COVID-19 restrictions. Tickets to reserve one-hour slots to enter the visitor center can be purchased at beav.es/hatfieldvctickets. Reservations can be made for times as far ahead as Sept. 30. If the maximum capacity has not been

ODOT will close Highway 34 east of Waldport Sept. 11-12 for bridge work

July 17, 2021

WALDPORT — The repair of a bridge at milepost 35 of Oregon Highway 34 that would have closed the highway for two days this month has been delayed until after Labor Day. The Oregon Department of Transportation has hired a contractor to replace the wooden deck of the bridge over Maltby Creek. The work has been rescheduled from July

Coastal advocacy group schedules programs to celebrate 50th anniversary

July 17, 2021

Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, one of the state’s oldest environmental advocacy organizations, is making plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The group, founded on July 29, 1971, will mark its five decades of shoreline protection with a day of live and online presentations and events. All activities, which will take place Thursday, July 29, are free and open to the

SAVING THE OREGON SILVERSPOT: Researchers focus on meadows south of Yachats trying to unravel mysteries of threatened butterfly and its habitat

July 15, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Erica Henry carefully lifts the netting from the side of the small, improvised tent and squirms underneath. Once partly inside, she begins to poke among the grasses and tiny, wild violets in search of rare caterpillars transplanted weeks earlier from a special breeding program at the Oregon Zoo. That caterpillar carries the hopes and efforts of

40 Lincoln County restaurants get $9.36 million in relief grants to help make up for business lost to pandemic restrictions

July 15, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A $28.6 billion federal relief program designed to make up restaurant losses during the coronavirus pandemic has dropped $9.36 million into the bank accounts of 40 Lincoln County establishments. The restaurants – ranging from the Mo’s seafood chain based in Newport to beer house in Lincoln City to a small restaurant in Yachats – were part