A small army of volunteers helps keep watch over embattled but determined snowy plovers in Lincoln County

September 2, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — The nesting season for snowy plovers in Lincoln County is just about over, with the long-endangered birds just now transitioning to their wintering period. As many as 33 snowy plovers were tallied in one flock at Bayshore recently, including several birds with colorful, distinctive leg-band tags indicating they are from out of state. The

Enthusiasm — and coronavirus caution — run high as students and staff return to school at Crestview Heights and Waldport Middle/High schools

September 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Thursday evening was the chance for grade-schoolers to meet their teachers and pick their desks. For middle and high school students, Thursday night was the chance to reconnect with friends, check out lockers and classrooms, look at club displays on the track – and then maybe stay for the first football game of the

14 apply for Yachats city manager job, but not interim administrator as council outlines process for selection in long, testy meeting

September 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There are 14 applicants for the Yachats city manager job, but not interim city manager Katherine Guenther who has held dual roles as manager and city planner the last three months. The number of candidates was revealed Thursday by Mayor Leslie Vaaler as the City Council firmed up its homemade process to screen applications, to meet

COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County spike to 786 in August, straining hospital capacity and staff; commissioners OK $500 bonus for inoculated employees

September 1, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County recorded its first COVID-19 case on March 24, 2020 – a local woman who came down with the illness while traveling out of state. But it counted as the first Lincoln County case. Seventeen months later there have been 2,348 cases in the county, ranging from just a handful during the first months of

First year of Yachats swallow nesting boxes project gets “encouraging” results despite hot weather’s toll on young ones

September 1, 2021

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Two types of swallows enjoyed more housing options in Yachats this year, thanks to the work of residents Jim Welch and Wally Orchard. In early spring, as part of project SWIFTY (Swallows In Flight To Yachats), the pair installed 54 new nesting boxes designed for use by tree and violet-green swallows. In addition to these, the

Looking beyond what divides us: Opinion poll company and two news organizations look for participants from Lincoln County

August 31, 2021

By Adam Davis, John Schrag and Amaury Vogel/for YachatsNews.com As opinion researchers and longtime journalist, we have spent decades exploring the divides in Oregon — the political divide, the racial divide and the urban-rural divide. Too often, our exploration was limited to one or another subgroup of Oregonians, rather than all Oregonians. On the research side, that often was

University of Oregon and state agency develop new website to help coastal residents identify tsunami evacuation routes

August 30, 2021

By Victoria Sanchez/OU News Service The University of Oregon has partnered with the state to build a web-based platform that directs Oregon coastal communities to evacuation routes in the event of a tsunami. The UO InfoGraphics Lab and Location Innovation Lab have been working with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries and the Northwest Association of Networked Oregon Observing Systems to develop the platform. The website is now live and ready for residents to

Contribution from Siletz tribe allows master gardeners to install raised beds at Yachats site

August 29, 2021

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com If gardening at ground level is troublesome, consider renting one of the new raised beds installed at the Yachats Demonstration and Community Garden at West Seventh Street and Driftwood Lane. Thanks to grants from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund, there are now 14 weather-resistant beds available that are two feet high, and four feet wide

State parks says construction of Amanda Trail suspension bridge still on schedule despite higher-than-expected cost

August 26, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Despite cost increases driven by inflation, a year-long shutdown triggered by the coronavirus and other factors, construction will start as scheduled on a key bridge along a popular Yachats-area hiking trail. Work is set to begin Oct. 1 to build a 142-foot-long suspension bridge over a creek on Amanda Trail. Completion is expected by the end

Lincoln County commissioners OK $500 bonus to encourage employee vaccinations, add more sick leave and give out COVID-19 test kits

August 26, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County’s commissioners are betting up to $230,000 that the carrot is more effective than the stick. Despite being told a week earlier by its top health official that incentives do little to increase vaccination rates, the commissioners decided Wednesday to give $500 to any of its 465 full- or part-time employees to get or show

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A small army of volunteers helps keep watch over embattled but determined snowy plovers in Lincoln County

Enthusiasm — and coronavirus caution — run high as students and staff return to school at Crestview Heights and Waldport Middle/High schools

14 apply for Yachats city manager job, but not interim administrator as council outlines process for selection in long, testy meeting

COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County spike to 786 in August, straining hospital capacity and staff; commissioners OK $500 bonus for inoculated employees

First year of Yachats swallow nesting boxes project gets “encouraging” results despite hot weather’s toll on young ones

Looking beyond what divides us: Opinion poll company and two news organizations look for participants from Lincoln County

University of Oregon and state agency develop new website to help coastal residents identify tsunami evacuation routes

Contribution from Siletz tribe allows master gardeners to install raised beds at Yachats site

State parks says construction of Amanda Trail suspension bridge still on schedule despite higher-than-expected cost

Lincoln County commissioners OK $500 bonus to encourage employee vaccinations, add more sick leave and give out COVID-19 test kits

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