June 2022 - Page 7

The U.S. Coast Guard is making it a family affair for the commanders in charge of two major Coast Guard stations along the Oregon coast. Master Chief Scott Slade assumed command of U.S. Coast Guard Station Coos Bay from his wife, Chief Warrant Officer Beth Slade during a ceremony Friday at the rescue station in Charleston. Beth Slade is

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The chair of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board, who had collaborated unsuccessfully with two recently recalled board members to try to fire the district’s chief, resigned as expected Monday. Buster Pankey, who like Todd Holt and Kathryn Menefee took office last July, submitted a one-sentence letter of resignation, effective immediately. Holt

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A first-of-its kind effort to address long-term water use and conservation issues on the central Oregon coast is about to have its biggest moment yet. After six years of work, members of the Mid-Coast Water Planning Partnership will go before state officials June 16 to formally present a plan addressing how the central Oregon coast will

By EMILY GREEN/The Lund Report NEWPORT — For most of her adult life, Crystal Johnson was, as she puts it, a minivan-driving soccer mom. A life-long Newport resident, the affable 49-year-old thought the meth addiction she battled in her early 20s was behind her. But when the youngest of her four children was in high school, a family crisis