Name: Yachats “open mic” night
Start: 2025-11-16T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-16T19:30:00-08:00
Location: Yachats Community Presbyterian Church

Yachats group’s first “Share Fair” Monday designed to offer dozens of services to anyone with a need

June 5, 2025

By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — Need a haircut? Want to try acupuncture? Like to pick up reading glasses, clothes or household items? Those are just a few of the services and goods available Monday, June 9 at a free market called “Share Fair.” From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church and Don’s Place

Waldport man dies in Highway 101 crash Wednesday north of Seal Rock

June 5, 2025

SEAL ROCK – A 23-year-old Waldport was killed Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 101 north of Seal Rock when his car went out of control near Ona Beach State Park and collided with an oncoming pickup. Oregon State Police said Jonathan J. Channels of Waldport died about 3:55 p.m. Wednesday when his southbound Ford Taurus crossed into the northbound lane

Lincoln Chronicle begins month-long fundraising campaign to help it cover local, community news

June 5, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle I had no idea – and no intention – when I launched YachatsNews 6½ years ago that it would evolve to what it is today. I thought my little local news site would be a one-person retirement and community service project covering the small community of Yachats, where I live. But events, reader response and

Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

June 5, 2025

Aquarium, Hatfield center offering special programs Sunday as part of World Ocean Day

June 5, 2025

By Oregon Coast TODAY Two central Oregon coast institutions are celebrating World Ocean Day with special activities Sunday, June 8. The Oregon Coast Aquarium is hosting its World Ocean Day celebration with marine-themed activities, art performances and displays highlighting community partners from across Lincoln County. “World Ocean Day is an awesome opportunity to appreciate and reflect on our connection

Another dry month in May puts year-to-date rainfall below average

June 5, 2025

By LINCOLN CHRONICLE Rainfall in May on the central Oregon coast was far below average and precipitation for the first five months of 2025 has now dropped below average as well. That’s foreshadowing a long dry summer, as spring rains in May and June help keep forests and fields dry and water sources flowing strong before the usual very

Oregon governor’s $217 million homeless shelter legislation faces uncertain future as budget woes mount

June 5, 2025

By BRYCE DOLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s bill for a statewide homeless shelter system is in jeopardy. House Bill 3644 asks for more than $217 million in general fund money and lays the policy framework to run a statewide shelter program. The bill aims to continue funding the programs that state leaders have supported through a

Parker resigns from Newport city council after six years

June 5, 2025

NEWPORT — A Newport city councilor has resigned his post, leaving a vacancy on the seven-member council. The council received Ryan Parker’s resignation May 20 and discussed his departure at its Monday meeting. Parker was elected to his position in 2019 and began his second term in 2023. He is an Oregon State Parks beach ranger and ran unsuccessfully for

Striking workers in Oregon are a step closer to receiving unemployment checks after House vote Wednesday

June 4, 2025

By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Oregon is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to grant weekly unemployment checks to public employees who go on strike. In a 33-23 vote Wednesday largely along party lines, the Oregon House passed Senate Bill 916. The bill now heads back to the Senate, which passed a previous version

Medicaid cuts could impact Oregon more than most states, analysts say, as legislators hear warnings Tuesday

June 4, 2025

By AMELIA TEMPLETON/Oregon Public Broadcasting If Republicans in the U.S. Senate pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Oregonians enrolled in Medicaid are more likely than people in nearly any other state to lose coverage and end up uninsured, according to analyses from several national think tanks. The budget reconciliation bill reduces federal spending using a number of policies that