West Coast fishery managers troubled by NOAA layoffs as another 1,000 employees expected to be let go

March 11, 2025

By KATIE FRANKOWICZ/KMUN Radio The long-term impacts of staff cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are still unknown, but fishery managers on the West Coast say the situation is troubling. On Feb. 27, NOAA laid off more than 800 workers as the Trump administration continues its push to reduce the federal workforce. On Saturday, the New York

After 11 days of searches, diver finds missing Siletz boy Tuesday three miles downstream from family’s home

March 11, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/YachatsNews The search for a 2½-year-old boy who had been missing 11 days ended Tuesday when a diver found and recovered his body from the Siletz River three miles downstream from his family’s riverside home. The body of Dane Paulsen was found shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday by a volunteer diver from California who specializes in recovering

2024 Report to Readers: With your help, YachatsNews continued its growth last year — and big plans for 2025

March 6, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews With the help of thousands of readers like you, YachatsNews continued its growth and reach in 2024. As YachatsNews enters its seventh year, it is appropriate to once again report how the 501c3 nonprofit did in 2024 and its plans for this year. So here goes. Our stated goal for 2024 was “To do more

Mother of man shot by police at remote Five Rivers farm notifies agencies she plans to sue for wrongful death

March 6, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Christine Fuller hugged the concrete shop floor as 29 rifle shots from a special weapons and tactics team tore through the plywood building adjacent to East Five Rivers Road deep in the foothills of the Coast Range. It was 5:35 a.m. Dec. 27 as three SWAT team members shot at Tyler Holloway, 26, after he stepped

City of Waldport says two applicants to run Wednesday market don’t meet legal qualifications

March 6, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Efforts to find a vendor to run the Waldport Wednesday Market ran into a snag this week after it was determined the two applicants do not meet legal qualifications. The two applications to operate the popular market, which begins in May and ends in September, came from the Crestview Heights Booster Club and Waldport

Fifth day of search for missing 2-year-old boy covers 14 miles of the Siletz River without success

March 4, 2025

Wednesday evening search update from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Divers and search boats covered 14 miles of the Siletz River downstream from the home of 2-year-old Dane Paulsen, who disappeared Saturday; Ground teams also searched two miles along Highway 229 south of the home of Dane’s parents, Chamet Jackson and Aaron Paulsen; The search, concentrating mostly on the Siletz

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

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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West Coast fishery managers troubled by NOAA layoffs as another 1,000 employees expected to be let go

After 11 days of searches, diver finds missing Siletz boy Tuesday three miles downstream from family’s home

2024 Report to Readers: With your help, YachatsNews continued its growth last year — and big plans for 2025

Mother of man shot by police at remote Five Rivers farm notifies agencies she plans to sue for wrongful death

City of Waldport says two applicants to run Wednesday market don’t meet legal qualifications

Fifth day of search for missing 2-year-old boy covers 14 miles of the Siletz River without success

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

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

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