OREGON COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXEMPTION FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

January 17, 2025

EXEMPTION FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT OREGON COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXEMPTION FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Oregon Coast Community College (OCCC) Board of Education, acting as the Local Contract Review Board (LCRB), will conduct a Public Hearing at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, both in-person and via Zoom.

City of Yachats begins to address concerns about non-working fire hydrants and their locations

January 16, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A smoldering concern about fire hydrants in Yachats and whether they are plentiful enough and in working order has ignited a conversation between the city and fire officials. The subject, which had been on the minds of Yachats Rural Fire Protection District staff for several years, flamed in the past few months during its

CEO of Samaritan’s two hospitals in Lincoln County says “It’s been a year” of financial challenges

January 16, 2025

By CHRISTIAN WIHTOL and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lesley Ogden’s job is to oversee the two hospitals in Lincoln County, its 1,000 employees and try to provide the best short- and long-term medical care possible in an economically disadvantaged rural area of the Oregon coast. That became harder in 2024 as the Samaritan Health Services hospitals in Newport and Lincoln City

Yachats fire board schedules special meeting to discuss district’s relationship with ambulance nonprofit

January 16, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – Unable to delve into two sensitive issues this week, the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board has scheduled a special meeting Monday to discuss the district’s relationship with a nonprofit ambulance service and evaluate administrator Frankie Petrick. The meeting will be at 9 a.m. Monday at the district’s fire station. The first part of

Third year of growing Big Blue Film Festival this weekend showcases 34 films of 220 submitted

January 16, 2025

By LORI TOBIAS/Oregon ArtsWatch NEWPORT — Oregon coast winters long have served as a catalyst for creating events to bring people in from the cold and a recent addition to that list is the Big Blue Film Festival at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center. But while Big Blue was conceived in part as a good excuse to come in out

Lincoln City councilor Mitch Parsons appointed to school district board

January 16, 2025

The Lincoln County School District board voted 4-0 Tuesday night to appoint Lincoln City councilor Mitch Parsons to fill the Zone 1 position left vacant by Megan Cawley’s resignation in November. Parsons was the lone applicant for the unpaid, volunteer position and was immediately sworn in. Zone 1 includes the north county voting precincts of Delake, Oceanlake, Sunset West,

Gerald “Jerry” Wedekind, Ten Mile/Vancouver

January 16, 2025

Gerald “Jerry” S. Wedekind Jan. 19, 1944 – June 5, 2024 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dad, Jerry “Sparky” Wedekind who died peacefully in his sleep June 5, 2024, in Vancouver, Wash. following a slow decline with dementia/Alzheimers disease. Thankfully he remained on the happy side of this sad disease. He was

Hall, Miller should appoint interim-only commissioner to county seat

January 16, 2025

To the editor: I have written to Lincoln County commissioners Claire Hall and Casey Miller to express my concern regarding the upcoming appointment to fill the vacancy on the board of commissioners. Here is what I said: “This appointment carries significant weight, not only in its immediate impact but also in shaping the course of our county’s leadership for years

Oregon loses its chief forester (again) at pivotal moment for environmental, timber policies in the state

January 16, 2025

By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting The resignation of Oregon’s top forestry executive last week comes at a pivotal moment for environmental policies in the state Lawmakers are a week away from convening a legislative session that’s expected to tackle Oregon’s critical wildfire funding issues. And forestry officials are scrambling to finalize two major overhauls to endangered species protections on public and

Application to fill seat on Lincoln County commission contains unusual, partisan and had at least one illegal question

January 15, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Ever been sued by anyone over anything? Or cited for a breach of ethics, or been the subject of a complaint to any court, agency or professional organization? Have you ever been a part of any litigation – even as a witness — or a legislative proceeding? How about serving on a political committee or affiliated