Three-year OSU study of wild and hatchery coho salmon genetics could help improve with how state hatcheries operate

October 11, 2021

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – A new study of the genetic profiles of wild and hatchery coho salmon demonstrates important distinctions in how the two types of fish form mating pairs. These findings by Oregon State University researchers provide new insight into subtle differences between wild and hatchery fish that could lead to changes in how hatchery

Yachats City Council names two finalists for city manager position — a Planning Commission member and nonprofit executive both from the area

October 7, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council has announced its two finalists for city manager – a well-known former city contractor and Planning Commission member who moved here nine years ago and the former executive director of a $10 million a year nonprofit serving developmentally disabled adults who moved here in July. Gretchen Dubie, who led the Oregon Supported Living

Seal Rock fire board votes 3-1 – after one resignation — to hire former Toledo chief as consultant until it can find new leader

October 7, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – The Seal Rock Fire District board voted 3-1 Wednesday to hire the former fire chief in Toledo to manage the department until it can find a new chief to replace the one they fired last week. The district will pay Will Ewing $3,500 a month to oversee the district as a consultant and

As deadline nears on Oregon vaccination mandate, rates for Lincoln County educators and most medical providers hits 93-96 percent

October 7, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Schools and medical providers in Lincoln County who fall under the governor’s vaccination mandate say they have compliance rates of 93 percent to 96 percent with only a handful of people in each organization resigning from their jobs rather than get vaccinated. Gov. Kate Brown issued a mandate this summer that

Yachats commission asks City Council to allocate funds for open space design, pocket parks and bike rack projects

October 7, 2021

The Yachats Parks & Commons wants the city to keep moving on some projects. The commission voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend to the City Council that it: Release up to $60,000 in the Commons capital reserve budget for the landscape design and engineering of the green space area behind City Hall; Release up to $25,000 from the city’s visitor

Yachats Fire District completes sale of old station, adding $338,000 to its accounts and sending $115,000 to the city

October 6, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District has completed the sale of its former station in downtown Yachats, adding $338,000 to its books and sending $115,430 to the city of Yachats. The sale to investor Rick Ramsey of Corvallis closed the last week of September. He paid $485,000 for the 72-year-old two-story station and small house on West

OSU wins 3-year, $895,000 federal grant to try to improve worker safety on Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet

October 5, 2021

By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service A team of Oregon State University researchers will use a new, three-year $895,000 federal grant to study how different equipment configurations onboard crab vessels could help prevent injury to crabbers. The grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will allow OSU professors Jay Kim and Laurel Kincl to build on existing

Paramedic shortage has Lincoln County’s main ambulance provider seeking 6-month exception for two contract requirements

October 4, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A shortage of paramedics is forcing the company that provides ambulance service to most of Lincoln County to seek two temporary exceptions to its contract. Pacific West Ambulance is asking to cut the number of advanced life support ambulances it has available from five to four in the four districts it serves and to suspend response

After disagreements over direction, new majority of Seal Rock fire board dismisses chief and plans to hire former Toledo chief as interim

October 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – The Seal Rock Fire District board has fired Tom Sakaris, its chief of six years, and plans to meet Wednesday to appoint an interim chief to run the day-to-day operations and advise it on the district’s direction. Following a 60-minute executive session Thursday, the board voted 3-1 to immediately put Sakaris on 30 days

Coalition of mid-coast governments and organizations release draft plan for water use, conservation — with a $120 million price tag

September 30, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Adam Denlinger has spent the past 40 years helping provide customers and businesses with the water they need to survive and flourish. Across those decades, he said, delivering water has largely been left to the 52 mid-coast providers, most very small, who operate from Yachats north to Lincoln City. That changed this week as a consortium

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Three-year OSU study of wild and hatchery coho salmon genetics could help improve with how state hatcheries operate

Yachats City Council names two finalists for city manager position — a Planning Commission member and nonprofit executive both from the area

Seal Rock fire board votes 3-1 – after one resignation — to hire former Toledo chief as consultant until it can find new leader

As deadline nears on Oregon vaccination mandate, rates for Lincoln County educators and most medical providers hits 93-96 percent

Yachats commission asks City Council to allocate funds for open space design, pocket parks and bike rack projects

Yachats Fire District completes sale of old station, adding $338,000 to its accounts and sending $115,000 to the city

OSU wins 3-year, $895,000 federal grant to try to improve worker safety on Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet

Paramedic shortage has Lincoln County’s main ambulance provider seeking 6-month exception for two contract requirements

After disagreements over direction, new majority of Seal Rock fire board dismisses chief and plans to hire former Toledo chief as interim

Coalition of mid-coast governments and organizations release draft plan for water use, conservation — with a $120 million price tag

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