“If you’re hungry, please come.” As pandemic wanes and summer begins, Yachats church’s free food pantry still open to all

June 21, 2021

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Hungry? Need food? Just show up. Anyone who’s hungry can get nutritious, free food at the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church Food Pantry just by showing up. That’s been the case since pre-pandemic times, and it remains true as the pandemic winds down and summer begins. “We want to remind folks that we’re here,” said Pam Luderitz,

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for June 16-18

June 21, 2021

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21163922 06/16/2021 12:11 Officer #55167 WERTZ, DAVID Crash – Non-injury Location 229, Mile post 11 11 SB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary (ecrash) On 6/16/21 at approximately 12:11 pm I responded to a cold, single-vehicle, rollover crash, involving a tan Lexus SUV (379BQW), which occurred at approximately 7:00 am on SR 229 near milepost 11.5. The vehicle had

Lincoln City Cultural Center prepares for month-long music festival to ignite interest in $2.5 million plaza project

June 21, 2021

By LORI TOBIAS/Oregon ArtsWatch LINCOLN CITY — The lineup for the Lincoln City Cultural Center’s month-long concert series calls for five musical acts featuring musicians from six countries playing in a venue twice the usual size. While the summer celebration is all about the music, it’s also about the future. Hosting the series in a 4,150-square-foot tent is a

Coast Guard rescues 6 from disabled sailboat west of Crescent City, Calif.

June 20, 2021

California, Oregon Coast Guard crews rescue 6 from sailboat taking on water 80 miles west of Crescent City Editor’s Note: Click on image above to download full-resolution video. MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. —Coast Guard crews from McKinleyville and North Bend, Oregon, rescued six people from their 79-foot sailboat Saturday, approximately 80 miles west of Crescent City. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay

Suspect in three southern Oregon coast homicides surrenders to police in Wisconsin on Sunday

June 20, 2021

By Ardeshir Tabrizian | The Oregonian/OregonLive A man suspected of killing three people in North Bend on Friday surrendered to police in Milwaukee, Wisc. on Sunday. North Bend police were notified at about 6 a.m. Sunday that Oen Evan Nicholson, 30, was in custody in Milwaukee. Nicholson has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree attempted

Waldport artist Jean Esteve took the long, winding road in life, family, travels, writing — and finally painting

June 17, 2021

By RANDI BJORNSTAD/Eugenescene WALDPORT — Although her college degree from Cornell University was in art, it has taken 92-year-old Jean Esteve of Waldport all the decades since to launch her painting career. “For me this is brand new,” Esteve says. “I’d been intending to paint all my life, but I got nowhere with it.” All those years ago, she

Yachats decides to open Commons building to all uses July 1, but request by YYFAP to move out of basement remains in limbo

June 17, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats will open the Commons building for all public use July 1 if Gov. Kate Brown lifts all coronavirus restrictions in Oregon before then. Brown says she will lift restrictions – including wearing masks, sizes of crowds, and number of business customers – when the statewide vaccine rate reaches 70 percent of all

Yachats Planning Commission OKs permit for 5-space RV park on Fireside Motel property to house temporary workers

June 17, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Planning Commission voted 5-1 Tuesday to allow a small recreational vehicle park on a portion of the Fireside Motel property to temporarily house seasonal workers. A conditional use permit sought by motel owner/operator Drew Roslund and his business partners would create five gravel pads and hookups for RVs in a grove of spruce trees

Committee OKs 2021-22 budget for Yachats fire district, but asks board to resolve questions before seeking tax increase

June 17, 2021

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District’s budget committee Monday approved a 2021-22 spending plan of $1.67 million — including using the sale of its former station in downtown Yachats and a loan of up to $550,000 to prop up its troubled finances. Following the almost two-hour budget meeting Monday, the board heard a proposal from two members to

Rare cooperation on tax and housing speed Oregon Legislature closer to end of the 2021 session

June 17, 2021

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Back in January, the Legislature thought it would be adjourning for good on Friday. Too optimistic. Mid-week, lawmakers seemed doomed to working right through to the constitutional deadline of 11:59 p.m. June 27, with maybe a break for Father’s Day. Too pessimistic. House and Senate members headed for the exits Thursday afternoon with a