Transfer of Ocean View Drive from county to Yachats hits another bump after state’s objection

August 22, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County has been trying to give Ocean View Drive to the city of Yachats for years. But its latest effort hit a speed bump Wednesday during a public hearing before county commissioners when an Oregon state parks official showed up to object to the county claiming a short section of the road through Yachats State

Sheriff’s deputies begin splitting 10-hour day shifts between Yachats and Waldport under new contracts

August 1, 2024

BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Yachats’ new contract deputy hit the streets Thursday. In a first-of-its-kind shared deputy agreement between the cities of Waldport and Yachats, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Abby Dorsey will work 10-hour day shifts in Waldport on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and in Yachats on Thursdays and Fridays. But while both cities and Sheriff Curtis Landers have hammered out

Yachats council votes unanimously to split cost of single sheriff’s deputy with Waldport in one-year trial

July 21, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – There is a new sheriff in town. Or there will be soon. With an eye toward balancing budget constraints and consistency, the Yachats city council voted unanimously Wednesday to pay for a half-time Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy who will split their 40-hour week equally between Yachats and Waldport. The decision reflects an effort to

Yachats council agrees to negotiate with landowner in effort to stop 20-acre clearcut south of city

July 18, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – What it would cost the city of Yachats to prevent an eyesore of a clearcut that in turn will eliminate community concerns about landslides and the subsequent application of herbicides is unclear. The city is negotiating with the landowner and the logger who owns the trees, but no agreement has been reached and the

Transfer of Ocean View Drive to city of Yachats slowing work on proposed estuary boardwalk

July 15, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Anyone holding their breath in anticipation of construction beginning on the estuary boardwalk can exhale. It’s going to be awhile. The walkway with a bump-out viewing platform, benches and lights along Ocean View Drive between Beach Street and U.S. Highway 101 has been talked about for years. But while progress is being made, best

Demolition of Yachats library should take place this month as summer programs ramp up in temporary quarters

July 14, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The original Yachats Library building may be only a memory by late July when demolition is expected to make way for a new, bigger structure. Meanwhile, it’s business almost-as-usual for the library in its temporary quarters and time for a full slate of kids’ summer programs. Before the teardown of the structure on West

Owner of 40-acre site on south edge of Yachats wants to log it — or cut some kind of deal with city

June 20, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether an eleventh-hour effort to stop a 40-acre clearcut on a swath of timber just across the Yachats River bridge in south Yachats will be successful is anybody’s guess. But one thing is certain – the clock is ticking. Logging could have started as early as Tuesday if not for a 30-day reprieve granted

Eugene cider company plans to open in shuttered Yachats Brewing building in early July

June 13, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Cider lovers will have something to celebrate this summer as WildCraft Cider Works of Eugene prepares to open shop in the closed Yachats Brewing building by the Fourth of July holiday. WildCraft owner Sean Kelly describes the Yachats’ opening as a collaboration between his business and building owner and former brewery operator Nathan Bernard.

Revitalized Yachats emergency committee aims to help locals and visitors prepare for and survive disasters

May 23, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether pandemic or prolonged power outage, forest inferno or earthquake with a tsunami chaser, preparing for possible emergencies on the Oregon coast is an essential that is best not postponed. Emergency planners across the nation map evacuation plans, prepare shelters and stock caches for a host of eventualities, and to varying degrees Oregon’s coastal

Yachats prohibits camping at Little Log Church as group recommends taking other city sites off potential list

May 16, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A group advising Yachats on homeless issues is recommending the city add four sites where camping would be banned — sites originally identified as the only city-owned property where camping might be allowed. These include properties next to water reservoirs in neighborhoods east of Highway 101 and a previously favored designated camping area near

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Transfer of Ocean View Drive from county to Yachats hits another bump after state’s objection

Sheriff’s deputies begin splitting 10-hour day shifts between Yachats and Waldport under new contracts

Yachats council votes unanimously to split cost of single sheriff’s deputy with Waldport in one-year trial

Yachats council agrees to negotiate with landowner in effort to stop 20-acre clearcut south of city

Transfer of Ocean View Drive to city of Yachats slowing work on proposed estuary boardwalk

Demolition of Yachats library should take place this month as summer programs ramp up in temporary quarters

Owner of 40-acre site on south edge of Yachats wants to log it — or cut some kind of deal with city

Eugene cider company plans to open in shuttered Yachats Brewing building in early July

Revitalized Yachats emergency committee aims to help locals and visitors prepare for and survive disasters

Yachats prohibits camping at Little Log Church as group recommends taking other city sites off potential list

Letters from readers

Whale’s entanglement shows need for better derelict gear removal program

Sen. Anderson’s chief of staff out of bounds on ICE and Newport “boomer hippies” remarks

A farewell letter to the Yachats whale

Yes, everyone in Waldport community should refrain from further attacks

The community speaks — ICE detention center not welcome in Newport

Let’s show some grace to all involved in whale’s attempted, emotional rescue

Obituaries

Jon M. French of Waldport

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Civic Calendar

City of Yachats Parks & Commons Commission

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

Newport City Council work session and regular meeting

Southwest Lincoln Water People’s Utility District board

Public & Legal Notices

CITY OF NEWPORT, OREGON NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING

The Board of Directors of the Lincoln County School District, Public Hearing regarding Newport High School

The Board of Directors of the Lincoln County School District, Public Hearing regarding Waldport High School