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YACHATS – It rained just a tiny bit in July – as usual – but prodigious spring rains has the city’s water supply in very good shape for the driest months of the year. Rain measured by six local weather watchers ranged from .01 inches to .29 inches in July. But the flow of the Yachats River, which does not

A 24-year-old Tidewater man died Saturday at a Lane County hospital following a two-vehicle crash Thursday on Oregon Highway 126 near Mapleton. Oregon State Police said that Timothy Cooper died of his injuries Saturday at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield. State police said the accident occurred about 3:55 p.m. Thursday when Cooper’s car rear-ended a westbound pickup truck as

NEWPORT — Back after a two-year absence due to the pandemic, the Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild is staging its annual show Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5-6. Over 300 quilts by members of the guild will be on display at the Newport Recreation Center, 225 S.E. Avery St. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continued its slow decline in June, but remains a full percentage point above the state and national rates. The county’s unemployment rate in June was 4.7 percent, according to Oregon Employment Department regional economist Erik Knoder, a decline from the rate of 4.9 percent in May. It was 7 percent in June 2021. The

WALDPORT – Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue will host that community’s National Night Out gathering from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday. Residents are invited to the free event in the parking lots of the Waldport Community Center and the fire district’s main station. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes strong emergency community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to

After an abrupt Covid shutdown, a cancelled concert series, installation of a new artistic director, vaccination and mask mandates, constant re-evaluation of rehearsal protocols, and a new scheduled then re-scheduled concert series, choral music will once again fill the air on the Oregon coast. The Central Coast Chorale is offering three performances of their concert “Peace by Piece” at three

YACHATS – Paul Englemeyer of Yachats will talk about coastal conservation issues during a public session of the Yachats Lions Club at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Normally open to only Lions Club members, the club has opened Tuesday night’s presentation to the public. The Lions Hall is at 344 W. Fourth St. Englemeyer, the Audubon Society of Portland’s manage of the

YACHATS – Yachats city manager Heide Lambert is asking residents needing to do business at city hall this week use only the drive-through window until a wave of Covid-19 cases affecting staff runs its course. Lambert said for the last three weeks the city has had employees out with Covid-19 cases “so as a precaution we are asking people to

Oregon Coast Community College and the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce are teaming up to offer Leadership Lincoln, a 10-month leadership development program. Now in its 30th year, this program develops individual leadership skills while informing participants about the people and organizations that make up Lincoln County. The class meets once a month, September through June, with the goal to