Yachats council accepts Kerti’s resignation, outlines timeline for filling vacancy

January 16, 2020

Want to spend at least six to eight hours a month in daytime meetings under the scrutiny of 25 people? Looking to be harangued with complaints about vacation rentals, code enforcement, signs, lights, traffic, budgets and other issues that consume a small, coastal community? Then the Yachats City Council has a position for you. But a sudden opening on

Ninth annual agate festival expected to draw thousands of rock enthusiasts this weekend

January 16, 2020

By KATHERINE LJUNGQVIST/YachatsNews.com The Gem of the Oregon Coast will host the Ninth Annual Yachats Agate Festival at the Yachats Commons this weekend, drawing rock enthusiast from the Pacific Northwest to share and show minerals, gems, crystals, fossils, and of course, agates, during peak rock hunting season along Oregon’s beaches. The festival’s schedule is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Korgan puts Ona Restaurant up for sale, but says she’s not closing before new owner takes over

January 16, 2020

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Michelle Korgan, who has operated her upscale Ona Restaurant along U.S. Highway 101 in downtown Yachats for nine years, has put the business up for sale. But Korgan insists she is not closing the restaurant before it’s sold and she’s not leaving town. “I am definitely not closing,” Korgan said Wednesday as she rushed around to

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log Jan. 10-14

January 15, 2020

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP20009870 01/10/2020 13:33 Officer #41617 ESKRIDGE, BRIAN DUII – Alcohol Location 18, Mile post 3 3 WB, LINCOLN OR Narrative Summary On 01/10/20 at approximately 13:33 PM, OSP was dispatched to a report of a driving complaint on SR-18 near milepost 12. According to the information received, a maroon minivan was westbound from that area and was swerving

State certifies Yachats firefighters vote to leave union

January 14, 2020

Firefighters with the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District have officially voted to leave the Newport chapter of the International Association of Fire Fighters. The result of the vote was announced Friday, Jan. 10 by the Oregon Employment Relations Board. Yachats firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics voted to join the IAFF in August 2018, for the first time seeking union

Lights from new Yachats fire station continue to disturb neighbors

January 14, 2020

To the editor: I represent the residents of Ocean Wayside Lane, which runs along the north side of the new main station of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District. Back in early November, Ocean Wayside residents sent a letter to the fire chief signed by all of us about excessive light in our neighborhood coming from the new fire station.

Police release name of father who lost two children to ocean at Falcon Cove

January 12, 2020

The adult male and father of the two children is being identified as Jeremy Stiles (47) from Portland. The officer that entered the ocean is from the Manzanita Police Department and is requesting no media interviews at this time. **************************************************************************************************************************************** On Saturday, January 11, 2020, at approximately 12:38 P.M., Emergency Services responded to the Falcon Cove area, near the county

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log Jan. 8-9

January 10, 2020

P20008883 01/08/2020 12:00 Officer #57487 BUTLER, ANDREW FW – Hunting Location Narrative Summary On 1/8/2020 a Waldport resident located a cooler containing the decomposed carcasses of two deer off of Pacific View Street in Waldport. On 1/9/2020 an OSP Fish and Wildlife Trooper responded to the area and discovered the two decomposing carcasses of two black tailed deer, a spike

Expect lots of campaigning for two open legislative seats covering Yachats area

January 9, 2020

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats-area residents should expect to see a lot of campaigning for the Oregon Legislature this spring and fall. The state senator and representative for the Yachats area – Sen. Arnie Roblan and Rep. Caddy McKeown, both Democrats from Coos Bay — announced with little fanfare in late 2019 that they would not run for office again this

Police close Cape Perpertua center Thursday to take Army deserter into custody

January 9, 2020

Police took a 32-year-old military deserter, described by the U.S. Army as armed and dangerous, into custody Thursday morning after a call from the Cape Perpetua Visitors Center about a suspicious person. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched at 8:24 a.m. Thursday to make a welfare check on a suspicious person at the center. The caller said the