What does it take to be ‘Young in Yachats’? Six 30-somethings talk about their journeys

December 5, 2019

By ELAINE WATKINS/YachatsNews.com Will Susich and Laura Perazzoli were living in the Willamette Valley when they fell in love with Yachats and the Oregon Coast. Brian Hoberg, Daniel Cooper, and Thomas Arndt were working in Newport when an opportunity in Yachats opened up. Heather Hoen was born and raised here. But it took awhile living in Portland before she

Yachats gets ready for big holiday weekend with tree lighting, bazaar, concerts and Santa

December 4, 2019

Yachats is ready for the holidays. Volunteers and a crew from Pioneer Connect spent Wednesday placing and decorating a 21-foot Noble fir near the C&K Market in preparation for the community’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. Friday. The evening kicks off a busy holiday weekend in Yachats filled with gatherings, a visit by Santa Claus, music

Yachats Fire Board member under scrutiny by two state agencies resigns from board

November 28, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board member under investigation by two state agencies for lying in the Lincoln County voter’s pamphlet has resigned from the board. A’lyce Ruberg of Yachats resigned Nov. 19 in a letter to the fire district. Ruberg, 50, was elected in a three-way race in May to a four-year term on the

Barbara E. Frye of Yachats, Nov. 21, 2019

November 27, 2019

Barbara E. Frye, a lifetime health care advocate and recent Yachats City Council member, died Thursday, Nov. 21 in her home after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 71. Frye was born April 7, 1948, in Klamath Falls. She lived in Portland, Seattle and Sandy before moving to Yachats in 2010. She was a member of the last

Yachats newcomer offering free Thanksgiving dinner to anyone in town

November 23, 2019

Markaye Simpson’s children are grown and gone and her husband works out of town. So rather than have Thanksgiving dinner alone, she’s cooking turkey and ham with all the fixings and inviting anyone in Yachats to join her. Dinner is served from 2-5 p.m. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, in the kitchen and multipurpose room of the Yachats Commons –

Yachats-to-Florence bus experiment gets extended for two years, starts Saturday service

November 8, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A bus system connecting Yachats to Florence has a new, two-year lease on life and is expanding service to Saturdays starting this month. The Oregon Transportation Commission this summer awarded a $500,000 grant to the Lane Council of Governments to assume oversight of the pilot project linking Yachats and Florence with a rudimentary bus system. The project

Paradise, Calif. fire victim perseveres in Yachats one year after fire destroyed her town

November 7, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Tracy Cahn’s daughter is in second grade and looking forward to her first ukulele lesson. Cahn’s son graduated from high school in June, despite living 450 miles away, and is looking for a trade apprenticeship. But a year after fleeing the Camp Fire inferno in Paradise, Calif. that incinerated her home and photography studio, Cahn, 45,

Yachats Celtic Music Festival recovers from struggles to attract performers from across North America

October 31, 2019

By KATHERINE LJUNGQVIST/YachatsNews.com When the four-member traditional Scottish-Irish music group Beolach takes the stage next Saturday night to headline the 2019 Yachats Celtic Music Festival, it’s not an accident that they traveled the continent from Nova Scotia. It’s because festival music director Stephen Farish of Waldport spends months researching artists, making connections and trying to coax well-known Celtic performers

At least four Yachats-area residents file election complaints against Fire Board member

October 24, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com At least four residents in the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District have filed complaints with the Oregon Elections Division alleging that statements by newly-elected fire board member A’lyce Ruberg in the Lincoln County voter’s pamphlet in May were lies. This follows a vote by the Oregon State Board of Nursing earlier this month to fine Ruberg

New Yachats fire station, largest public works project in area’s history, ready to unveil to the public

October 24, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The big entrance sign is almost done, the last of the landscaping is in, there are walls getting a last touch up with paint, floors to clean and polish and a radio tower to erect and test. Three flag poles stand at the ready. The largest public works project in the history of Yachats – the

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What does it take to be ‘Young in Yachats’? Six 30-somethings talk about their journeys

Yachats gets ready for big holiday weekend with tree lighting, bazaar, concerts and Santa

Yachats Fire Board member under scrutiny by two state agencies resigns from board

Barbara E. Frye of Yachats, Nov. 21, 2019

Yachats newcomer offering free Thanksgiving dinner to anyone in town

Yachats-to-Florence bus experiment gets extended for two years, starts Saturday service

Paradise, Calif. fire victim perseveres in Yachats one year after fire destroyed her town

Yachats Celtic Music Festival recovers from struggles to attract performers from across North America

At least four Yachats-area residents file election complaints against Fire Board member

New Yachats fire station, largest public works project in area’s history, ready to unveil to the public

Letters from readers

There should not be an immigration detention center in Newport — or anywhere

Commissioner clarifies stance on Veterans Service levy on Nov. 4 ballot

Lincoln County ballot measure is a commitment to our veterans

Obituaries

Jon M. French of Waldport

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Civic Calendar

Newport City Council work session and regular meeting

Southwest Lincoln Water People’s Utility District board

Yachats Planning Commission monthly workshop and meeting

Port of Newport Commission monthly meeting

Lincoln County Board of Commissioners

Yachats city council regular monthly meeting

Waldport city council special meeting and executive session

Oregon Coast Community College monthly board of directors meeting

Yachats Lions Club “Lunch Bunch” monthly luncheon

Port of Alsea monthly commission meeting

Public & Legal Notices

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

The Board of Directors of the Lincoln County School District, Public Hearing regarding Toledo JR/SR High School