Lincoln County Public Health employee wins prestigious fellowship

June 20, 2022

NEWPORT – A Lincoln County Public Health employee who helps provide support for people struggling with drug and alcohol abuse is one of 50 people chosen nationally for the master’s degree program under the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at John Hopkins University. Isabelle Cisco is one of two people selected from Oregon and is joining the Masters of Public Health

Esther Louise Paul

June 20, 2022

Esther Louise Paul Feb. 18, 1940 – May 17, 2022 Eclectic is a word that was invented for Esther Louise Paul of Yachats, who died May 17, 2022, at the age of 82. Humble beginnings and fierce maternal instincts molded a grateful community member who stepped in when called upon. She was born to Thomas and Bertha Kendal on

Seal Rock fire board and chief hope new budget will help replace some firefighters, repair equipment as it transitions to mostly volunteer force

June 20, 2022

By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – Facing staffing deficits, a tight budget, unexpected equipment repairs and external criticism, Seal Rock Rural Fire Protection District is accelerating its plan to deploy an emerging unit of volunteer responders. Since March, Seal Rock has lost all four of its full-time paid firefighters. The last to leave, Derek Udoutch has taken a new

Lincoln City low-income apartment project to help house Otis wildfire survivors receives $4 million grant

June 20, 2022

By the Oregon Capital Chronicle and YachatsNews.com A nonprofit proposing to build 44 low-income apartments in Lincoln City is getting almost $4 million from the Oregon Housing Stability Council for people displaced by the Labor Day 2020 wildfires that burned nearly 300 homes in Otis. The project by Stewardship Development of Eugene is one of 10 projects that

For the first time, Juneteenth is a state holiday in Oregon and observed Monday, June 20

June 20, 2022

A sign at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany directs attendees to a Juneteenth event on Saturday, June 18. The annual celebration of the end of slavery is a state holiday in Oregon for the first time this year. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) BY JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A national celebration of the end of slavery that has its Oregon roots

Timbers from famed but mysterious Beeswax shipwreck recovered from near Manzanita on the north Oregon Coast

June 19, 2022

By KATIE FRANKOWICZ/KMUN and Oregon Public Broadcasting MANZANITA — No one believed Craig Andes when he said he found pieces of a shipwreck that resisted discovery for centuries in sea caves north of Manzanita. But Andes, a commercial fisherman based in Tillamook County and an avid beachcomber, persisted. Samples of the timbers he found sticking out of the sand in

Three Oregon gubernatorial candidates make rare rural pitch Friday at economic summit in Hermiston

June 19, 2022

By ANTONIO SIERRA/Oregon Public Broadcasting HERMISTON — None of the three major candidates for governor hail from Eastern Oregon, but they all took their best shot at connecting with the audience at the Eastern Oregon Economic Summit on Friday. The three former legislators running for Oregon’s top job – Republican Christine Drazan, unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson and Democrat Tina Kotek

The sun comes out Saturday in Waldport for the 66th annual Beachcomber Days drawing thousands of people for parade, fun and logging competition

June 18, 2022

WALDPORT — The sun came out for the 66th annual Beachcomber Days. So did crowds of thousands of people, families young and old. A parade marched through town, kids waving at the entrants and scrambling for candy, beach balls and frisbees. Vendors lined the streets to hawk their goods and gear and food booths were doing a brisk business. Bands

Odetta Mae (Stonefield) Hughes

June 18, 2022

Odetta Mae (Stonefield) Hughes March 5, 1933 – June 10, 2022 Odetta Mae Hughes of Clatskanie, Ore, who was born and raised in Yachats, passed away June 10, 2022 at her home. Odetta was born to Albert C. Stonefield and Alice P. (Daigle) Stonefield on March 5, 1933, in Yachats, where she grew up and attended school. Odetta married

Water/sewer rates in Yachats will increase by 7 percent in July

June 16, 2022

YACHATS – Most Yachats households will find their water/sewer bill increasing by $6.86 a month starting July 1. The Yachats city council – as part of approving its 2022-23 budget – voted 3-1 Wednesday to increase water and sewer rates by 7 percent. The city’s 10-member budget committee last month recommended a 5 percent increase, but acknowledged that the