Waldport will use $7,400 grant from Lincoln County to help create food cart pod at community center

January 12, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The city of Waldport has won a $7,400 grant from Lincoln County to help create a food cart pod in the parking lot of its community center. The grant was one of eight the county awarded in late December to help spur economic development Waldport’s project is expected to cost $15,000 to $20,000. The

Yachats council votes 4-1 to tell contractor it intends to proceed with major repairs of city’s Little Log Church

January 10, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The city of Yachats – despite a lone no vote from the mayor – will tell a Eugene contractor it intends to go forward with repairs of the city’s Little Log Church that could cost $400,000 or more. The “letter of intent” is designed only to get on the summer work schedule of McClain

Benefits of wetlands restoration extend far beyond the scope of initial $11.2 million north coast project, OSU report finds

January 10, 2022

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT — A 443-acre tidal wetland habitat restoration project in Tillamook Bay designed to reduce flooding and improve salmon habitat also brought a host of other socioeconomic benefits to the community, according to a new report from Oregon State University researchers. Since the $11.2 million project was completed in 2017, the restoration has led

First of free monthly Lincoln County vaccination (and testing) clinics is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday in Yachats

January 9, 2022

YACHATS – Lincoln County Public Health and medical volunteers are bringing a Covid-19 vaccine clinic to the Yachats pavilion from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Yachats clinic will repeat the second Tuesday of February and March as well. The clinic will offer all three types of vaccines, booster shots for people who whose last shot was more

After its own city manager search implodes, Yachats council votes to seek professional help — and hears rebuke of mayor

January 6, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After failing to land a new city manager in a protracted and painful 10-month homemade search process, the Yachats City Council voted Thursday to seek outside, professional help to find a new administrator. The unanimous vote came at the end of a five-hour meeting that included a hastily called executive session to discuss the failed recruitment

2021 was a very wet year where the rain counts most — in the Coast range foothills that feed municipal water supplies

January 6, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Jim Adler began building his house and metal shop on a steep hillside three miles up the Yachats River 46 years ago and for the last 14 years has been painstakingly measuring and recording rainfall each day. What he writes down is an important record for Yachats’ 1,000 residents and the thousands of tourists who flock

Number of Covid-19 cases in Lincoln County quadrupled last week as health officials urge more caution and booster shots

January 6, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County health officials are urging residents to take more precautions to slow the surge of local omicron Covid-19 cases, which have quadrupled the past week. By Thursday afternoon, the Oregon Health Authority reported 140 new Covid-19 cases in Lincoln County this week, including 74 on Thursday. There were 404 cases in all of December. Across Oregon,

Owner of three commercially-zoned lots in downtown Yachats clears them of trees, but uncertain of plans

January 6, 2022

YACHATS – The owner of three commercially-zoned lots in downtown Yachats has cleared the land of trees in preparation of eventually doing something with the property – but there is nothing imminent in the works. “There are no concrete plans,” Brian Serbu of Yachats told YachatsNews. The three lots along West Fourth Street at Pontiac are owned by his

Cape Perpetua Collaborative announces eight weeks of online presentations for its winter speaker’s series

January 5, 2022

YACHATS – The Cape Perpetua Collaborative has announced eight weeks of online presentations for its winter 2022 speaker’s series. Presentations will include a special focus on ocean acidification, transient killer whales, Oregon’s red abalone, the Tahkenitch landing site, Pacific salmon, sea stars, kelp and whales. All one-hour events are free and held virtually on Zoom at 10 a.m. Saturdays

Four days after wind storm knocks power out to 10,000 Central Lincoln customers, all but 300 have electricity restored

January 3, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Four days after a major storm blasted the central and southern Oregon coasts knocking out power to 10,000 customers, Central Lincoln People’s Utility District said Thursday night it had restored power to all but 300 – just in time for another wind and rain storm. The storm Sunday night and Monday had wind gusts as high

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Waldport will use $7,400 grant from Lincoln County to help create food cart pod at community center

Yachats council votes 4-1 to tell contractor it intends to proceed with major repairs of city’s Little Log Church

Benefits of wetlands restoration extend far beyond the scope of initial $11.2 million north coast project, OSU report finds

First of free monthly Lincoln County vaccination (and testing) clinics is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday in Yachats

After its own city manager search implodes, Yachats council votes to seek professional help — and hears rebuke of mayor

2021 was a very wet year where the rain counts most — in the Coast range foothills that feed municipal water supplies

Number of Covid-19 cases in Lincoln County quadrupled last week as health officials urge more caution and booster shots

Owner of three commercially-zoned lots in downtown Yachats clears them of trees, but uncertain of plans

Cape Perpetua Collaborative announces eight weeks of online presentations for its winter speaker’s series

Four days after wind storm knocks power out to 10,000 Central Lincoln customers, all but 300 have electricity restored

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