Veterans resource center holding first women’s luncheon June 12

May 23, 2024

The Lincoln County Veterans Resource Center is hosting its first women veterans luncheon at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 12 at the Agate Beach Best Western in Newport. The luncheon will include speakers recognizing the unique challenges of women’s military service. June 12 has been celebrated as Women’s Veterans Day in Oregon since 2019 and commemorates President Harry Truman’s signature on

Lincoln County’s unemployment rate stays at 4.6 percent in April

May 23, 2024

Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in April, unchanged from 4.6 percent rate in March, the Oregon Employment Department announced this week. The unemployment rate was 4.2 percent the year before. The statewide unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in April, the agency said, and the national rate was 3.9 percent. The agency’s regional economist, Shaun Barrick, said

With 3,000 wreaths, 79th annual Fleet of Flowers on Monday will commemorate those lost at sea

May 23, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY DEPOE BAY — Of the many festivities and commemorations on the central Oregon coast this Memorial Day weekend, few are as visually stunning as Depoe Bay’s annual Fleet of Flowers, taking place by land and by sea on Monday, May 27. The program begins on land at 11 a.m. with a ceremony that lasts roughly

Dance students from two organizations present annual performance Sunday at Newport PAC

May 23, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — Pacific Dance Ensemble and students from Newport School of Artistic Movement will present their 37th annual gift to the community, “Dances from the Heart” at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Sunday, May 26. Directed by Nancy Mittleman, the program will showcase original choreography, live Ecuadorian music with Chayag en Familia, dances from

5 Questions and a Secret: Artist Phillip Schuster discovered coastal trees and Yachats 40 years ago

May 22, 2024

By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Majestic. Mysterious. Magnificent. The old growth conifer trees on the central Oregon coast are treasures — huge cedars, spruce, fir, and hemlock trees that have been alive for literally centuries. Phillip Schuster is a Yachats artist who has been drawing these trees since his first trip to the Oregon coast 40 years ago. Schuster grew up

Sea urchins devouring kelp beds off Oregon coast have indirect, negative impact on local gray whales, OSU study finds

May 22, 2024

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT — A boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact on the gray whales that usually forage in the region, a new study shows. When urchin numbers rise, the spiky marine invertebrates can devour kelp forests that are a critical

U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Repulican challenge to Oregon’s mail voting system

May 21, 2024

By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle On the eve of Oregon’s primary election, a group of Republican candidates and election deniers learned they won’t get to make their case to the U.S. Supreme Court to end Oregon’s mail voting system. The high court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from plaintiffs, including state Sen. Dennis Linthicum, the leading Republican candidate

Two of Yachats’ best-known trails advocates put pen to paper to write and publish new book

May 21, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — Scenic walking trails are big attractions for local residents and visitors, but how did they come to be? And who keeps the forest and seaside paths clear and groomed for year round use? The enlightening answers are in a new book, Yachats Trails … An illustrated History, which does more than look at the past

Art show, handcrafts, book bonanza, pancake breakfast fill Memorial Day weekend in Yachats

May 21, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews Summer starts sizzling this Memorial Day weekend in Yachats with a roster of special events and local traditions — an art show, a handcrafts and baked goods bazaar, an all-you-can eat pancake breakfast, a big book sale and a farmer’s market. Saturday and Sunday, May 25-May 26 Yachats Arts Guild “Spring Into Art!” show, 10 a.m.

Waldport High sophomore wins OCCC’s inaugural business competition

May 19, 2024

Waldport High School sophomore Judah Tysman has $3,000 in prizes to some day help start his taxidermy business. Judges in the inaugural Youth Entrepreneurship Program “Shark Tank” pitch competition on Wednesday voted Tysman’s presentation on his taxidermy business as the best among five competitors. Held at Hatfield Marine Science Center auditorium, the event featured five high school finalists presenting