Name: Yachats “open mic” night
Start: 2025-11-16T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-16T19:30:00-08:00
Location: Yachats Community Presbyterian Church

Despite mayor’s opposition, Yachats council votes to spend up to $10,000 to investigate issues with Little Log Church and Museum

July 26, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council – despite opposition from the mayor – will spend $10,000 to get a better idea how or if the Little Log Church and Museum can be saved from falling apart. Whether the city will spend possibly hundreds of thousands more to fix or replace it, is still another matter. After two years

NOAA announces return of “dead zone” off the Oregon coast, but occurring much earlier than normal this year

July 25, 2021

By BRADLEY PARKS/Oregon Public Broadcasting Low oxygen levels measured off the coast of Oregon and Washington are raising fears of large “dead zones” that could wipe out crabs and bottom-dwelling fish within. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that researchers have detected unseasonably low oxygen levels in a large area off the Pacific coast. Year after year

After 18-month hiatus, Leta’s Legacy Quilters returns to sewing, socializing, helping one another – and the community

July 22, 2021

BY CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com On a warm July morning, the fellowship hall at Yachats Community Presbyterian Church becomes a sewing room, a crafts clinic, a social setting and a welcome return to a special Yachats tradition — Leta’s Legacy Quilters. It’s been 18 months since the group stopped in-person meetings due to the coronavirus pandemic, and they wasted no time

Six years after slide wiped out span over Amanda Trail, bids go out for new suspension bridge; installation planned for October

July 22, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Nearly six years after a huge mudslide wiped out a key bridge along a popular Yachats-area hiking trail, a replacement structure is finally ready to begin construction. Bids went out this month to build a 142-foot-long suspension bridge for Amanda Trail. Actual construction is scheduled to begin in October, with the new bridge be completed within

After months of delays, Yachats council agrees to advertise for accounting and office help, but balks at immediate hire

July 22, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After months of dithering and delay, the Yachats City Council took a first step Wednesday to get help for the two beleaguered employees in City Hall. The council gave permission to interim city manager Katherine Guenther to post one, possibly two jobs — and maybe seek a new person for a contract code enforcement. But the

Tidepool “ambassador” program aims to give visitors and locals a peek into the mysteries of the ocean shore at low tide

July 21, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Jamie Kish has a quick word for anyone who glances at an Oregon coast tidepool at low tide and comes away thinking nothing much is going on. “For every single occupant of that tidepool, low tides are actually an incredibly tumultuous time,” Kish said. “Your entire house drains and all of a sudden predators can see

With 3 new members, Central Oregon Coast fire board quickly seeks details on levy, equipment — and purchase of former City Hall

July 19, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – It didn’t take long last week for the three new members of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board to set a new tone for the five-member board. After Buster Pankey, Todd Holt and Kathryn Menefee were sworn in Thursday evening, they nominated and the board unanimously voted Pankey as chair, Menefee as

Seismic survey ship returns to port after six weeks searching for data on the Cascadia fault zone off Oregon and the West Coast

July 18, 2021

TOM BANSE/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Earthquake researchers are eager to dig into a trove of new data about the offshore Cascadia fault zone. When Cascadia ruptures, it can trigger a megaquake known as “the Big One.” The valuable new imaging of the geology off the Oregon, Washington and British Columbia coasts comes from a specialized research vessel. The

40 Lincoln County restaurants get $9.36 million in relief grants to help make up for business lost to pandemic restrictions

July 15, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A $28.6 billion federal relief program designed to make up restaurant losses during the coronavirus pandemic has dropped $9.36 million into the bank accounts of 40 Lincoln County establishments. The restaurants – ranging from the Mo’s seafood chain based in Newport to beer house in Lincoln City to a small restaurant in Yachats – were part

Seal Rock Post Office is closing in October, sending postal officials and residents scrambling for delivery solutions

July 15, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – Unless someone steps up to rent building space and lease mailboxes to locals, Seal Rock residents will have to set up neighborhood sites to get their mail delivered starting Nov. 1. That was the message Wednesday from Waldport Postmaster Peter Roina to more than 70 residents during a community meeting to discuss repercussions

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Despite mayor’s opposition, Yachats council votes to spend up to $10,000 to investigate issues with Little Log Church and Museum

NOAA announces return of “dead zone” off the Oregon coast, but occurring much earlier than normal this year

After 18-month hiatus, Leta’s Legacy Quilters returns to sewing, socializing, helping one another – and the community

Six years after slide wiped out span over Amanda Trail, bids go out for new suspension bridge; installation planned for October

After months of delays, Yachats council agrees to advertise for accounting and office help, but balks at immediate hire

Tidepool “ambassador” program aims to give visitors and locals a peek into the mysteries of the ocean shore at low tide

With 3 new members, Central Oregon Coast fire board quickly seeks details on levy, equipment — and purchase of former City Hall

Seismic survey ship returns to port after six weeks searching for data on the Cascadia fault zone off Oregon and the West Coast

40 Lincoln County restaurants get $9.36 million in relief grants to help make up for business lost to pandemic restrictions

Seal Rock Post Office is closing in October, sending postal officials and residents scrambling for delivery solutions

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

Workshop meeting of Seal Rock and East Lincoln County fire district boards

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

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