5 Questions and a Secret: Instagram influencer Katie Wiley of Waldport promotes the coast and local food

June 26, 2025

By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/Lincoln Chronicle Many people remember the month and year that the Covid 19 pandemic began — February 2020. Katie Wiley and her family have another reason to remember that date — that’s when they moved from Oregon City to Waldport. There was no way to get to know people right away because everyone was isolating, but there

Oregon legislators pass gun law to ban rapid-fire devices, allow new concealed carry rules

June 26, 2025

By BRYCE DOLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — The Oregon Legislature has voted to ban rapid-fire devices and give local governments new authority to prohibit people from carrying a concealed handgun into certain public buildings. Meanwhile, another bill that aimed to bolster the state’s firearm regulatory network appears to have died. House lawmakers passed Senate Bill 243, called the Community Safety

Yachats-based affordable housing developer begins work on apartments, childcare center in Florence

June 26, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle A Yachats-based nonprofit developer of affordable housing has broken ground on its second project in Florence that will include a $4.1 million childcare center for the community. The apartment project is fourth in Yachats and Florence for Our Coastal Village, started by Layne Morrill in 2009, and its largest so far. Elm Park Apartments, which

Tickets on sale for Siletz Bay Music Festival’s 10-days of concerts on the central Oregon coast

June 26, 2025

By Oregon Coast TODAY With 11 concerts at five venues in Lincoln City and Newport, this summer’s Siletz Bay Music Festival will offer an adventurous program of chamber, jazz and orchestral music performed by 52 artists who travel to the central Oregon coast from around the world. The festival, which begins Aug. 14 and runs through Aug. 24, features

Former Taft High School employee sentenced to 18 months in prison for raping 15-year-old student she groomed

June 25, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – A former Taft High School employee will spend 18 months in prison for raping a 15-year-old male student. A handful of Angela R. Schafer’s supporters watched Tuesday as she pled guilty in Lincoln County circuit court to third-degree rape and furnishing alcohol to a minor. Schafer’s plea came after mounting evidence from forensic

Glastonbury Renaissance Faire comes to Toledo’s Waterfront Park this weekend for peek into past

June 25, 2025

By Oregon Coast TODAY TOLEDO — Swords will clash when the Glastonbury Renaissance Faire, the only such event on the Oregon coast, returns to the Toledo Waterfront Park on Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29. A purposefully immersive event, booths will be decorated in the style of medieval or Tudor England and demonstrators and vendors are required to do their

Oregon health officials confirm state’s first case of measles this year in Multnomah County

June 24, 2025

By Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon Health Authority has confirmed the state’s first measles case of 2025. At a press conference Tuesday, health officials said they’re investigating a Multnomah County case of measles in a person who recently returned to Oregon from an international trip. The person, an adult who is not vaccinated, developed measles symptoms including a sore throat,

Lincoln County fires district attorney’s husband from job in her office; $3.3 million lawsuit filed in May

June 24, 2025

Editor’s note: this story was updated Thursday, June 26, to include details of a new lawsuit filed against the county. By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle The Lincoln County district attorney’s husband who has been at the center of a months-long personnel dispute with county officials was dismissed from his job last week as a legal assistant in the district attorney’s

Legislation requiring big technology firms to pay for Oregon news fails to pass state Senate Tuesday

June 24, 2025

By BRYCE DOLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — A bill that would require big tech companies to compensate Oregon newsrooms for sharing the local journalism on their platforms appears to have died. In a 15-14 vote, Senate Bill 686 failed to pass the floor of the Oregon Senate on Tuesday. Eleven Republicans and four Democrats voted no, but Senate Majority Leader

Unemployment rate in Lincoln County continued to rise in May

June 24, 2025

The unemployment rate in Lincoln County is continuing its slow, upward climb. The Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the county was 5.3 percent in May, up from 5.2 percent in April. It was 5 percent in May 2024. Oregon’s statewide unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in May, and the national rate was 4.2

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5 Questions and a Secret: Instagram influencer Katie Wiley of Waldport promotes the coast and local food

Oregon legislators pass gun law to ban rapid-fire devices, allow new concealed carry rules

Yachats-based affordable housing developer begins work on apartments, childcare center in Florence

Tickets on sale for Siletz Bay Music Festival’s 10-days of concerts on the central Oregon coast

Former Taft High School employee sentenced to 18 months in prison for raping 15-year-old student she groomed

Glastonbury Renaissance Faire comes to Toledo’s Waterfront Park this weekend for peek into past

Oregon health officials confirm state’s first case of measles this year in Multnomah County

Lincoln County fires district attorney’s husband from job in her office; $3.3 million lawsuit filed in May

Legislation requiring big technology firms to pay for Oregon news fails to pass state Senate Tuesday

Unemployment rate in Lincoln County continued to rise in May

Letters from readers

Commissioner clarifies stance on Veterans Service levy on Nov. 4 ballot

Lincoln County ballot measure is a commitment to our veterans

$25,000 grant will help View the Future’s community conversations

Obituaries

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Marie Jones of Newport

Civic Calendar

City of Yachats Parks & Commons Commission

Workshop meeting of Seal Rock and East Lincoln County fire district boards

Yachats Big Band monthly concert

Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board

Yachats Planning Commission monthly workshop meeting

Yachats Public Works & Streets Commission

Lincoln County School District board of directors

Waldport City Council

Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District monthly board meeting

Yachats “open mic” night

Public & Legal Notices

LEGAL NOTICE: Seal Rock Fire District and East Lincoln County Fire District

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD