After its first lottery, Lincoln County ready to issue 19 vacation rental licenses for properties east of U.S. Highway 101

March 9, 2023

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Lincoln County is set to issue its first new vacation rental licenses in three years following the first drawing in a new lottery system currently only open to applicants with properties on the east side of U.S. Highway 101. With limits on licenses in seven geographic zones adopted by commissioners in January, it will likely be years

It’s nearly Spring Break whale watching time — and Oregon State Parks needs more volunteers to guide visitors

March 8, 2023

By SUSAN PALMER/YachatsNews Thank gazillions of tiny mysid shrimp for the imminent arrival of about 18,000 massive gray whales just off the Oregon coast this spring. The inch-long crustaceans inhabit the coastal kelp beds and the whales — baleen filter feeders —show up ravenous. You would think their winter sojourn in the lagoons of Baja Mexico would involve plenty

Yachats Library and OHSU team up for four-year study of health benefits of regular walking

March 7, 2023

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — If the approach of warmer weather calls you to get off the couch, you might consider a weekly group walk that benefits both you and the Yachats Library. Working with Oregon Health & Science University, Yachats library administrator Traci Altson is organizing local residents to be part of a “Rural Libraries and Walking Project”

Yachats council lets Covid-inspired restaurant outside seating waiver expire and begins to enforce off-street parking regulations

March 6, 2023

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS — A Covid-era parking space waiver extended five times was allowed to expire last week, potentially resurfacing conflict between the city of Yachats and a brewery owner. After Gov. Kate Brown prohibited indoor service at restaurants and later drastically reduced their occupancy three years ago, Yachats joined many other cities in adopting measures to expand

In Yachats’ search for new water supply, council votes to look north to become customer of Southwest Lincoln PUD

March 2, 2023

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS — In what the mayor described as a monumental decision, the Yachats City Council voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the city manager to negotiate with a neighboring water district to regularly supplement the city’s supply. “Over the last 25 years, water security has been the No. 1 topic for every council,” said Yachats water treatment

New state study says population growth slowed overall during pandemic for Lincoln County and northwest Oregon

March 2, 2023

The population growth of five northwest Oregon counties slowed in 2022, according to a new analysis from the state’s regional economist, likely tied to the area’s economic performance during the pandemic. “Population growth in the region has slipped back to about what it was in 2013 and 2014 when the region was recovering from the Great Recession,” Oregon Employment

New court filings indicate that as Labor Day 2020 fires exploded near Otis, Pacific Power employees worried power lines were at fault

March 1, 2023

By RYAN HASS/Oregon Public Broadcasting As devastating wildfires began to spread in Oregon the day after Labor Day 2020, PacifiCorp senior transmission engineer Tyler Jones texted his co-worker. “This weather is crazy man,” wrote Jones, using the company’s Skype messenger service. “90 mph gusts haha,” replied Pavel Grechanuk, a PacifiCorp fire data scientist. “That will blow your socks off.”

With thousands of partiers in Newport for return of seafood and wine festival, beefed up police patrols make more than 400 traffic stops

March 1, 2023

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Crab. Commemorative glasses. Crowds. Fermented grapes. And flashing red and blue lights. That was the scene in Newport last weekend with the return of the Seafood & Wine Festival for the first time since 2020, adding thousands to the city’s population and bringing a beefed up law enforcement presence that made more than 400 traffic stops

“He came out to help his friends, and he ended up saving a community.” How Tidewater neighborhood weathered the storm

February 27, 2023

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews TIDEWATER — Everyone agrees on one point about the Wednesday night snow and wind storm — the falling trees sounded like constant gunfire. Although power has been restored to most, Oregon Highway 34 and connecting roads still bear the evidence. Twenty-three miles of the highway and dozens of Alsea Valley secondary roads were closed by trees

UO, OSU researchers say endangered sunflower sea stars can help protect West Coast kelp forests from voracious urchins

February 27, 2023

By UO Communications/OSU News Service Your average sunflower sea star can munch through almost five purple sea urchins in a week, and they don’t seem to be picky about the quality of their food. That’s good news — and valuable data — for efforts to reintroduce these now-endangered predators to coastal ecosystems along the west coast of North America.

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After its first lottery, Lincoln County ready to issue 19 vacation rental licenses for properties east of U.S. Highway 101

It’s nearly Spring Break whale watching time — and Oregon State Parks needs more volunteers to guide visitors

Yachats Library and OHSU team up for four-year study of health benefits of regular walking

Yachats council lets Covid-inspired restaurant outside seating waiver expire and begins to enforce off-street parking regulations

In Yachats’ search for new water supply, council votes to look north to become customer of Southwest Lincoln PUD

New state study says population growth slowed overall during pandemic for Lincoln County and northwest Oregon

New court filings indicate that as Labor Day 2020 fires exploded near Otis, Pacific Power employees worried power lines were at fault

With thousands of partiers in Newport for return of seafood and wine festival, beefed up police patrols make more than 400 traffic stops

“He came out to help his friends, and he ended up saving a community.” How Tidewater neighborhood weathered the storm

UO, OSU researchers say endangered sunflower sea stars can help protect West Coast kelp forests from voracious urchins

Letters from readers

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

Lincoln County ballot measure is a commitment to our veterans

$25,000 grant will help View the Future’s community conversations

Obituaries

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Marie Jones of Newport

Civic Calendar

Yachats and Central Oregon Coast fire districts consolidation committee meeting

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

Yachats “open mic” night

Newport City Council work session and regular meeting

Public & Legal Notices

LEGAL NOTICE: Seal Rock Fire District and East Lincoln County Fire District

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD