68th annual Beachcomber Days parade, car show, vendors and timber competitors take over downtown Waldport

June 16, 2024

WALDPORT — Crowds lined the major roads through downtown Waldport Saturday for the hour-long parade that kicked off the community’s 68th annual Beachcomber Days. There were truck-drawn floats, horses, cars, lots of fire engines making noise, candy tossed to excited kids. After the hour-long parade, the crowd broke up to swamp the food court, look at offerings from dozens

Highway delineators (finally) coming this summer to south edge of Yachats

June 16, 2024

YACHATS — Pedestrian safety delineators along U.S. Highway 101 on the south edge of Yachats are expected to be installed this summer, the city council was told last week. The delineators separating pedestrians from traffic along U.S. Highway 101 will run in a solid line from Yachats River Road to the Yachats River bridge. When exactly the work will begin

Beverly Beach State Park closure extended to August

June 16, 2024

One of the most popular state parks and day-use areas on the Oregon coast just north of Newport has extended its closure through July due to construction delays, according to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Beverly Beach State Park seven miles north of Newport, has been closed since September and was expected to reopen July 1. Construction includes moving

Razor clamming reopens from Yachats north, but other harvests still closed

June 14, 2024

Razor clamming has reopened from Yachats to the Washington border and commercial oyster harvest reopens in Netarts and Tillamook bays, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday after two consecutive tests showed biotoxin levels below the closure limit. Bay clam and mussel harvesting remains closed coastwide due to high levels of the

Amendment to 30-year-old Northwest Forest Plan could bring changes to 630,000-acre Siuslaw National Forest

June 13, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Tumbling down from the highest mountain in the Coast Range to the edge of the Pacific Ocean is the Siuslaw National Forest – a verdant landscape that backdrops Lincoln County communities which rely upon it for recreation, water and timber. For years the coastal forest has been managed to protect older trees that harbor fish and

A look at the week of a YachatsNews reporter illustrates why more help (and fundraising) is critical for local news

June 13, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YachatsNews reporter Garret Jaros started his week on Sunday afternoon listening to a speaker at the Lions Club’s monthly series to see if there was more to a Eugene-based land conservation group’s growing presence on the central Oregon coast. Monday morning he was the only member of the public at the monthly meeting of the Yachats

Eugene cider company plans to open in shuttered Yachats Brewing building in early July

June 13, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Cider lovers will have something to celebrate this summer as WildCraft Cider Works of Eugene prepares to open shop in the closed Yachats Brewing building by the Fourth of July holiday. WildCraft owner Sean Kelly describes the Yachats’ opening as a collaboration between his business and building owner and former brewery operator Nathan Bernard.

Garbage rates going up 3.15 percent in Yachats and Waldport

June 13, 2024

Yachats and Waldport customers of Dahl Disposal will see a rate increase on their August bills after approval Wednesday and Thursday from city councils in the two towns. Toledo-based Dahl, which has 7,500 customers in Yachats, Waldport, Siletz, Toledo and unincorporated Lincoln County, requested permission to raise its rates 3.15 percent. Yachats customers using a 35-gallon cart will see a

Lincoln City police arrest business owner on sex abuse charges

June 13, 2024

On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, Lincoln City Police arrested 53-year-old, Daniel Ryan Stuebgen, of Lincoln City at his place of business, Happy Trails Feed and Tack & U-Haul , 150 SE Hwy 101, Lincoln City. Mr. Stuebgen was arrested on charges of Rape 2, Sex Abuse 1 and Sodomy II. The arrest came after a 10 month long investigation conducted

Waldport woman sentenced to year in jail for November crash

June 13, 2024

A Waldport woman originally charged with five counts of assault and recklessly endangering others for causing a three-vehicle crash last November on U.S. Highway 101 has been sentenced to one year in the county jail after pleading guilty to three of the charges. Angela M. Sherlock, 67, was sentenced to 364 days in the Lincoln County jail after pleading guilty