With little fanfare, Lincoln County will have a top, official administrator Monday for the first time in its history

April 6, 2022

NEWPORT – Lincoln County has its first county administrator – an economic development expert from Federal Way, Wash. who starts Monday following a 10-month search. Tim Johnson has been the economic development director in Federal Way since 2014. Prior to that he was an economic development official for the city of Sacramento, for a two-county California economic development district, and

City of Waldport issuing fines of $5,500 a day to owners of wrecking yard that continues operating despite stop order

April 5, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The city of Waldport is fining the owners of properties used as a wrecking yard $5,500 a day for violating a variety of city ordinances after they did not obey a cease and desist order to stop using the yard and did not propose a formal cleanup plan. The city began mailing the notices

With the help of $73,000 in grants, Yachats Planning Commission and consultant begin work gathering data on city’s housing issues

March 31, 2022

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Call it a shortage. Call it a crisis. Call it even “not my problem” if you like. But like it or not, Yachats has a housing issue that affects almost everyone. Now, thanks to two state grants totaling $73,000, work has started to see exactly where and how the city might help boost the

Newport-based researchers return from 38 days of gathering data on salmon and ocean conditions in the North Pacific

March 31, 2022

By JOSHUA PARTLOW/The Washington Post During a typical fall, almost a million chum salmon pour into Alaska’s Yukon River, a torrent of wild fish that has sustained the economy and Indigenous culture in the far north for generations. Last year, that run collapsed, with salmon trickling upstream at a 10th of normal levels, forcing the state to airlift frozen fish from

Yachats church thinks we all need to be a bit nicer, so it organizes “Spread Kindness Month” starting Sunday

March 30, 2022

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Leaders at Yachats Community Presbyterian Church think we could all use a dose of kindness in April. “We’ve become so polarized as a nation, so ‘Us vs. Them’, that this campaign offers a way to meet in the middle,” said church Pastor Bob Barrett. “Kindness is contagious, and we need more of it now.”

Yachats’ La de da is set for Monday, July 4 as other organizations begin to plan their holiday events

March 29, 2022

YACHATS — Well, the big events are now set for Yachats’ Fourth of July celebration so now the rest of the three-day weekend needs filling in. The Yachats Chamber of Commerce announced this week that the La de da Parade will kick off at noon Monday, July 4. The chamber had been debating the best day to hold

After years picking trash along Highway 101 and in Florence, man on a mission turns his attention to Highway 126

March 28, 2022

LOUIS KRAUSS/Eugene Register-Guard FLORENCE — Take a drive from on Highway 126 east out of Florence and you’ll see something strange — trash bags tied to the metal reflector posts, hundreds of them, spray-painted with distressed, cartoony faces. Some of the faces look anguished, others enraged and some of the bags are just emblazoned with the word “care.” On

Did Central Oregon Coast fire board back off firing their chief last week? In public meeting, two Seal Rock board members say yes

March 24, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH and JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com Two members of the Seal Rock Fire District board last week said their counterparts on the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board intended to dismiss Chief Jamie Mason when they met in a closed meeting the night before, but then backed off that decision. The comments in a public board meeting Thursday,

For the first time in more than a year, Yachats city hall was fully staffed this week as new workers learn and train

March 24, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – For the first time in more than a year, Yachats city hall was fully staffed this week. Although the office will remain closed to the public until April 4, this week a receptionist was answering the phones and sorting emails and the planner was planning. A new events coordinator was getting familiar with the

Longtime Oregon women’s writing nonprofit honors Newport author and publisher for her decades of work

March 23, 2022

A Newport author, poet and founder of the Nye Beach Writer’s Series has been honored with the 2022 Soapstone Bread and Roses Award for her decades or work helping sustain Oregon’s writing community. Carla Perry, a former Yachats resident, was selected for the annual award by Soapstone, a 30-year-old Oregon nonprofit that supports women writers. Soapstone said it selected

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With little fanfare, Lincoln County will have a top, official administrator Monday for the first time in its history

City of Waldport issuing fines of $5,500 a day to owners of wrecking yard that continues operating despite stop order

With the help of $73,000 in grants, Yachats Planning Commission and consultant begin work gathering data on city’s housing issues

Newport-based researchers return from 38 days of gathering data on salmon and ocean conditions in the North Pacific

Yachats church thinks we all need to be a bit nicer, so it organizes “Spread Kindness Month” starting Sunday

Yachats’ La de da is set for Monday, July 4 as other organizations begin to plan their holiday events

After years picking trash along Highway 101 and in Florence, man on a mission turns his attention to Highway 126

Did Central Oregon Coast fire board back off firing their chief last week? In public meeting, two Seal Rock board members say yes

For the first time in more than a year, Yachats city hall was fully staffed this week as new workers learn and train

Longtime Oregon women’s writing nonprofit honors Newport author and publisher for her decades of work

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

Jon M. French of Waldport

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Civic Calendar

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

Southwest Lincoln Water People’s Utility District board

Public & Legal Notices

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS

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

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS