Sheriff’s office hopes to bring in fresh search crews Monday for 2-year-old Siletz boy missing since Saturday afternoon

March 2, 2025

This story was updated at 10 p.m. Sunday with new developments from Sunday’s search By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office hopes to bring in more and fresh search teams from around Oregon on Monday as they race against time to find a 2½-year-old boy missing from property along the Siletz River since Saturday afternoon. They are

Proposal in 2025 Oregon Legislature would create $1 billion fund via ratepayers to pay for utility-caused fires

March 1, 2025

By JEFF MANNING/Oregon Journalism Project After a series of low-profile meetings with Salem power brokers and utility officials, Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland confirms to the Oregon Journalism Project that she has crafted legislation to create a $1 billion fund to help utilities pay damages to customers hurt by utility-caused wildfires. It is the second bombshell utility bill the moderate Democrat

New legislative study says heavy trucks paying too much and passenger cars too little in highway support

March 1, 2025

By NIGEL JAQUISS/Oregon Journalism Project A fundamental question lawmakers should ask about programs is who pays and who benefits. Last week, the Oregon Senate Finance and Revenue Committee got the answer about who’s footing the bill for a public service that tops lawmakers’ to-do list this session: Oregon’s highways. Lawmakers are desperate to raise new money for the Oregon Department

Idaho timber company executive named head of the U.S. Forest Service

February 28, 2025

By MIA MALDONADO/Idaho Capital Sun U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has appointed Tom Schultz of Idaho as the country’s top forestry official. Schultz will serve as the 21st chief of the U.S. Forest Service, an agency under the U.S. Department of Agriculture that oversees the 154 national forests and 20 grasslands across 43 states. In his role, he will

LEGAL PUBLICATION CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR OREGON COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE GO-BOND PROGRAM

February 28, 2025

LEGAL PUBLICATION CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR OREGON COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE GO-BOND PROGRAM Notice is hereby given that Oregon Coast Community College (OCCC) is seeking proposals from qualified general contracting firms interested in providing Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) services for their GO-Bond Program construction projects. The RFP document can be obtained from OCCC’s representative, Chris Giggy, Integrity

Trump administration firings of federal workers begins to ripple through Lincoln County. Are budget and program cuts next?

February 27, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH and GARRET JAROS /YachatsNews Three U.S. Bureau of Land Management park rangers at Yaquina Head? Gone. U.S. Department of Agriculture temporary, probationary or seasonal workers in the Siuslaw National Forest? Let go. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staff in Newport? Told to clean out their desks Thursday. Those are just three local examples of the firing

COCF&R board asks state ethics commission to investigate Seal Rock fire chief’s threats in incendiary email

February 27, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – A fire needs heat, fuel and oxygen in order to exist. There seems to be no shortage of those elements in the seemingly unending feud between Seal Rock Fire District and Waldport-based Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue district. Smoldering tensions were rekindled into a blaze this month after an incendiary email from Seal

Trump’s first month in office sparks protests, packed town halls across much of Oregon

February 27, 2025

By BRYCE DOLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting In a state known for protests, demonstrations the last three weeks around Oregon feel different. People at the University of Oregon last week marched against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. They gathered along the streets of Hermiston in Eastern Oregon on Presidents Day, saying the nation’s poor are at risk. They crossed a bridge in downtown Portland, surrounded

Seachers for 2-year-old boy missing for almost three days focus efforts on nearby Siletz River

February 27, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Boats and divers from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and four other departments combed the Siletz River on Monday looking for a 2½-year-old boy missing since Saturday. Boats with 13 divers from Lincoln, Clackamas, Multnomah, Lane and Tillamook counties combed 1½ miles of the river for Dane Paulsen as professional and community-led volunteers searched land surrounding

County reopens refurbished Newport winter shelter for homeless after five months of work

February 27, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT – With an “Are we ready? Let’s do this!” the staff at Lincoln County’s winter shelter for the homeless reopened Wednesday night for the first time this season after five months and $605,000 worth of renovations. But as one shelter opened, a second in Lincoln City was forced to close because Lincoln County must connect

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Sheriff’s office hopes to bring in fresh search crews Monday for 2-year-old Siletz boy missing since Saturday afternoon

Proposal in 2025 Oregon Legislature would create $1 billion fund via ratepayers to pay for utility-caused fires

New legislative study says heavy trucks paying too much and passenger cars too little in highway support

Idaho timber company executive named head of the U.S. Forest Service

LEGAL PUBLICATION CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR OREGON COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE GO-BOND PROGRAM

Trump administration firings of federal workers begins to ripple through Lincoln County. Are budget and program cuts next?

COCF&R board asks state ethics commission to investigate Seal Rock fire chief’s threats in incendiary email

Trump’s first month in office sparks protests, packed town halls across much of Oregon

Seachers for 2-year-old boy missing for almost three days focus efforts on nearby Siletz River

County reopens refurbished Newport winter shelter for homeless after five months of work

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

Port of Alsea commission special meeting

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

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