Wildfire bill in current session of Oregon Legislature could send $4.2 million to Lincoln County School District

February 14, 2022

By YachatsNews and Oregon Public Broadcasting The Lincoln County School District and three others hit hard by September 2020 wildfires could get $25 million from Oregon lawmakers currently meeting in a special session. The state distributes property taxes to public schools based on attendance. That means that when enrollment drops, so does the funding — even if the reason

‘Washed Ashore’ exhibit in Lincoln City turns plastic garbage into art-with-a-message with help from students

February 13, 2022

By Oregon ArtsWatch Someday, a former Lincoln City school student is going to drive by the Lincoln City Cultural Center, spot the big piece of art on the plaza and say, “I helped make that.” At least that’s how Krista Eddy, art director of the center’s Chessman Gallery, envisions it. Eddy is leading a new art project involving students

Yachats hosts 3-day “Gems of the Ocean” art quilt show beginning Saturday with $2,000 in prizes and special showing

February 12, 2022

YACHATS — The Yachats Commons will turn into a showcase for international art quilters when “Gems of the Ocean III” opens for a three-day run Saturday. A juried show, the event will also showcase the works of Yachats quilt artist Ruth Bass. “One of the goals of the show is to introduce art quilting to both locals and visitors to

Yachats’ new city manager asks for patience tackling a long list of organizational issues when she starts her job Monday

February 10, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – When Heide Lambert starts her new job as Yachats city manager Monday, she’ll be walking into a building that has had three managers and a bare-bones staff the past 12 months. Lambert will be facing a tsunami-sized wave of issues in a city where its four commissions want to start projects but are frustrated

Six years in the planning, five months in the making, 142-foot suspension bridge on Amanda Trail near Yachats is taking final shape

February 10, 2022

By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — It’s no longer wishful thinking. After six years of patient planning, fundraising, unseen delays, and determined advocacy, the very first suspension bridge on part of the 382-mile Oregon Coast Trail is finally stretching its frame across Amanda Creek just south of Yachats. The suspension towers and main steel cables are up, as are the

Yachats Fire board decides to wait until November to ask voters for new tax levy, will work on finances and messaging

February 10, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Uncertain how much money it needs to ask for and how to get that message across to voters, the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board decided Tuesday to wait until November to seek another property tax levy. The board said asking voters for a new – but of undetermined size – levy in May

As Oregon’s land-use rules bump up against increasingly popular shorelines, a Tillamook County case illustrates the challenge facing regulators

February 10, 2022

By KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/Oregon Public Broadcasting Back in 2016 Michael Ellis, a former president of the Fred Meyer grocery chain, bought a lot in the Pine Beach development along Tillamook County’s Rockaway Beach. He built a house, but never really considered it oceanfront property. That’s because a stretch of dunes lay between his home and the beach. The dunes were

Lincoln County school superintendent says “safety No. 1 priority” when deciding on student, staff masking by end of March

February 10, 2022

By YachatsNews.com and Oregon Capital Chronicle Schools in Oregon will be out from under a state mandate at the end of March that requires students, staff and visitors to wear masks. But just how mask protocols might change in the Lincoln County School District and for its 5,000 students and 600 staff is a long way from being decided,

Faced with permit issues, Seashore Family Literacy prepares to return its main building in downtown Waldport to the Lincoln County School District

February 8, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Seashore Family Literacy, which has been operating in a former school cafeteria and gymnasium in downtown Waldport for eight years without any city, county or state permits, has stopped using it and is preparing to return the property to the Lincoln County School District. A formal notice by Seashore to the school district that

OSU marine researchers find little genetic link for some sea stars staying healthy amid deadly wasting syndrome

February 7, 2022

By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Healthy-looking ochre sea stars have minimal genetic difference from those displaying symptoms of sea star wasting syndrome, say Oregon State University researchers who examined whether genetic variation was the reason some animals went unaffected during an epidemic of the deadly disease. Without genes promoting resistance to wasting syndrome, the iconic Pacific Ocean sea star’s

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Wildfire bill in current session of Oregon Legislature could send $4.2 million to Lincoln County School District

‘Washed Ashore’ exhibit in Lincoln City turns plastic garbage into art-with-a-message with help from students

Yachats hosts 3-day “Gems of the Ocean” art quilt show beginning Saturday with $2,000 in prizes and special showing

Yachats’ new city manager asks for patience tackling a long list of organizational issues when she starts her job Monday

Six years in the planning, five months in the making, 142-foot suspension bridge on Amanda Trail near Yachats is taking final shape

Yachats Fire board decides to wait until November to ask voters for new tax levy, will work on finances and messaging

As Oregon’s land-use rules bump up against increasingly popular shorelines, a Tillamook County case illustrates the challenge facing regulators

Lincoln County school superintendent says “safety No. 1 priority” when deciding on student, staff masking by end of March

Faced with permit issues, Seashore Family Literacy prepares to return its main building in downtown Waldport to the Lincoln County School District

OSU marine researchers find little genetic link for some sea stars staying healthy amid deadly wasting syndrome

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