Port of Alsea installs new handicapped accessible kayak launch in last step of $3 million marina makeover

December 6, 2021

WALDPORT – The Port of Alsea has launched its new kayak launch. The floating launch was tested last week by Port commissioner Jan Power, who put her kayak into the water by herself and used elements of it designed for people with handicaps. The new launch is off the gangway and floating walkway that leads to the crabbing area

In special meeting Friday, Lincoln County commissioners vote unanimously to re-institute moratorium on new vacation rental licenses

December 3, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT — Lincoln County commissioners have re-instituted their moratorium on new vacation rental licenses, and under threat of a lawsuit made the freeze retroactive to Dec. 1 — the date when a circuit court judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the county from enforcing a voter-passed initiative phasing out rentals over five years. Commissioners held

After contentious discussion Thursday over some contract terms, Yachats council agrees on latest offer to prospective city manager

December 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t very professional. And it was contentious at times. But by the end of a 3½-hour meeting Thursday, the Yachats City Council may have agreed on good enough terms to entice Gretchen Dubie to sign on to become its next city manager. The council voted last month to have Mayor Leslie Vaaler

After a crazy summer, hospitality veterans look for a calmer winter but with continued worries over staffing, housing and supply chain

December 2, 2021

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com As she surveys her bustling restaurant on a pre-Thanksgiving Friday, Rosetta Dimiceli is grateful that her staff is about to get some time off. “The summer was so crazy. We were so busy, we could hardly handle it,” says the owner of the Salty Dawg Bar & Grill in Waldport and co-owner of The Sea Note

Little Log Church “buttoned up” for the winter and maybe longer as the city of Yachats debates what to do next

December 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNew.com YACHATS — After years with its deteriorating exterior exposed to the wind and rain, the Little Log Church and Museum is buttoned up for the winter – and maybe longer. Now, over the next few months, it could be time for a city commission and the City Council to figure out what to do next. A

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As COVID-19 cases level off in Lincoln County, health officials begin to worry about a winter surge from holiday gatherings

December 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After a steep decline from this summer, the number of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County leveled off in November and now health officials worry that holiday gatherings could cause a spike in December and January, similar to last year. There were 334 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County during November, slightly fewer than the 358 cases

Oregon State Police believe they have solved mystery of girl found dead in Lincoln County, arrest mother Tuesday in Michigan

December 1, 2021

By NOELLE CROMBIE/The Oregonian/OregonLive The mother of a young girl whose remains were found a year ago along a muddy riverbank at a highway rest area in Lincoln County was arrested Tuesday afternoon during a traffic stop in Michigan, on allegations that she killed the child. Shawna Browning, 28, and her longtime

As Oregon crabbers pull their pots this week, prices at the dock should reach more than $4.75 per pound

December 1, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com With Oregon’s Dungeness crab season officially opening Wednesday, a number of factors are lining up to push prices to record early-season highs. Last year’s relatively low-yield season has buyers itching to restock their supplies, while the complete cancellation earlier this year of Alaska’s red king crab fishery in the Bering Sea is stoking demand for Oregon

Former Newport fire engine parked at Yachats fire station

Yachats Fire gets new-to-it engine from Newport to replace failing pumper after $8,000 anonymous gift

November 30, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Maybe by Christmas Yachats-area residents will be seeing a new – well, not exactly new – fire engine racing to emergency calls. With an $8,000 check from an anonymous donor, the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District has purchased a 1994 engine/pumper from the Newport Fire Department. When outfitted – maybe by the end of

Regional economist puts awful numbers to pandemic’s 2020 decimation of coastal tourism, but says rebound is under way

November 24, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The state economist who focuses on the Oregon coast has come up with a number that documents the hit that the tourism industry and its workers took during the coronavirus pandemic last year. And as you might expect, it’s not pretty. The good news – it’s improving rapidly, but not fully. Spending by visitors to the

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Port of Alsea installs new handicapped accessible kayak launch in last step of $3 million marina makeover

In special meeting Friday, Lincoln County commissioners vote unanimously to re-institute moratorium on new vacation rental licenses

After contentious discussion Thursday over some contract terms, Yachats council agrees on latest offer to prospective city manager

After a crazy summer, hospitality veterans look for a calmer winter but with continued worries over staffing, housing and supply chain

Little Log Church “buttoned up” for the winter and maybe longer as the city of Yachats debates what to do next

As COVID-19 cases level off in Lincoln County, health officials begin to worry about a winter surge from holiday gatherings

Oregon State Police believe they have solved mystery of girl found dead in Lincoln County, arrest mother Tuesday in Michigan

As Oregon crabbers pull their pots this week, prices at the dock should reach more than $4.75 per pound

Yachats Fire gets new-to-it engine from Newport to replace failing pumper after $8,000 anonymous gift

Regional economist puts awful numbers to pandemic’s 2020 decimation of coastal tourism, but says rebound is under way

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