Newport’s Nye Beach one week online banner auction begins Saturday with kick-off party

October 24, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY The hand-painted banners that have graced light poles throughout Nye Beach area of Newport are being auctioned off, as is tradition, to raise money for kids’ arts programs. A kick-off party will take place Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Newport Visual Arts Center where guests can view the banners while enjoying light refreshments. Bidding opens

Oil slick on Highway 126 east of Florence leads to crashes, fatality

October 23, 2024

FLORENCE – A 59-year-old Florence woman was killed and a Eugene woman seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when a 200-yard-long oil slick in the Knowles Creek tunnel on Highway 126 east of Florence led to four cars losing control and colliding. Oregon State Police said Christine D. Weathers of Florence died and Radiant J. Gaines, 48, of Eugene was seriously injured

Lincoln County unemployment rate is stuck at 4.7 percent

October 23, 2024

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Lincoln County stayed at 4.7 percent in September, the same as in August but still significantly higher than the Oregon or national rates, according to a report this week from the Oregon Employment Department. The county’s unemployment rate was also unchanged from the rate in July – but higher than the 4.2 percent from

Lincoln City bicyclist killed in collision with vehicle Tuesday

October 23, 2024

On Tuesday, Oct. 22 at approximately 1:55 p.m. a Lincoln City police officer observed a woman lying in the street next to an electric bicycle at the intersection of Southwest Ninth Street and U.S. Highway 101. The officer began to render assistance as 911 calls about the incident were being received. North Lincoln Fire & Rescue and Pacific West Ambulance

A quiet two years and progress on projects results in lonely races for Yachats mayor and council

October 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats residents seeking shelter from the storm of election rhetoric need look no further than the race for the city’s mayor and two council seats. But then you can hardly call it a race. Barring a last-minute coup by some unknown write-in candidates Nov. 5 – the mayor in January will be unopposed

5 Questions and a Secret: Pharmacist Scott Ellefson loves pace and community of smaller operation

October 22, 2024

By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Nonstop, complicated, intense — but always with rewarding moments. That is how each day is for Scott Ellefson, managing pharmacist at Hi-School Pharmacy in Waldport. Ellefson is a familiar face to a great many people in Waldport and Yachats since Hi-School is the only pharmacy that serves these two towns. Ellefson grew up in

“Community” is the common theme by the six candidates for Waldport mayor and city council positions

October 22, 2024

Garret Jaros Garret Jaros By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The common thread woven into the campaign cloth of candidates running for mayor and city council seats in Waldport is community. Whether in the voter pamphlet statements of the four candidates running for three council seats or in statements and interviews with the two mayoral candidates – community is the

Halloween gets early start with concert and trick or treating Saturday in Yachats and Waldport

October 22, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews A free concert, free treats and the spooky-cute spectacle of kids in costumes will raise spirits (the good kind) in Yachats and Waldport on Saturday, Oct. 26. Because Oct. 31 is the following Thursday, Halloween will get an early celebration in both towns, starting with a free afternoon concert in the Yachats Commons and ending at

Progressive groups withdraw endorsements of Oregon’s ballot measure 118

October 21, 2024

By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle At least four progressive organizations that previously backed an Oregon ballot measure to hike taxes on businesses and divide proceeds among all Oregonians have withdrawn their support. Voters will decide Nov. 5 whether to approve Measure 118, which proponents say would give about $1,600 annually to all Oregonians by making corporations pay more. Opponents across

Coast Guard recovers body of man from near Depoe Bay harbor Sunday

October 21, 2024

On Sunday, 10/20/2024, members of the United States Coast Guard in Depoe Bay reported to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office that they saw a body floating in the area of the Depoe Bay harbor. The unidentified male body was recovered from the water with the assistance of the Coast Guard and the Depoe Bay Fire District. The remains appear to