Declining enrollment, rising costs creates $2.8 million deficit in Lincoln County School District’s budget for next year

May 22, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle The Lincoln County School District is facing a $2.8 million budget deficit for fiscal 2025-26 — and future budgets may have a larger gap with less resources to plug the holes. Every year, fewer students are enrolling in the district’s schools, a trend across Oregon since the Covid pandemic. The district is losing about 100

$7.2 million townhome project in Depoe Bay designed to aid victims of 2020 Otis-area wildfire

May 21, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle DEPOE BAY– Affordable housing for 2020 Labor Day wildfire victims is officially under construction after a groundbreaking ceremony this week at the 12-unit townhome site in Depoe Bay. Some people are still displaced nearly five years since the Echo Mountain Fire swept over 2,500 acres and destroying 288 homes in Otis. “What we are seeing

Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue district’s proposed five-year operating levy passes by 116 votes

May 21, 2025

By the Lincoln Chronicle staff With 98 percent of all Lincoln County ballots counted Friday, it’s now clear that a five-year operating levy for the Central Oregon Fire & Rescue district has been approved, throwing the Waldport area district a lifeline to continue full operations. In the third and next-to-last count of ballots Friday, the district’s request for a

Mini-research boat built by Lincoln County high school students lands 239 days later on Palau island atoll

May 20, 2025

By DANA TIMS/Lincoln Chronicle The Lincoln County high school students who spent weeks last summer building an autonomous mini-boat to launch into the Pacific Ocean knew just what they were doing when they dubbed the craft the RSV Yaquina Neversink. The five-foot-long boat lived up to its unsinkable name this week, surviving storms, waves and wind to wash up

Two-day art show, craft bazaar and Lions Club breakfast on tap for Memorial Day weekend in Yachats

May 20, 2025

By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — As America pauses this weekend to honor U.S. military members who died in service to their country, several Yachats traditions will help celebrate the unofficial start of the summer season. The Memorial Day weekend features an art show and bazaar/bake sale on both Saturday and Sunday, and an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast Sunday morning.

Lincoln County officials still not allowing commissioner into courthouse office, so now renting him work space instead

May 19, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle Eight months after Lincoln County commissioner Casey Miller was accused of bullying and creating a toxic work environment and told not to work in the courthouse, he now has an office – four blocks to the north. Since September, Miller has been told not to use his courthouse office after allegations he bullied employees and

ODFW issues advice for would-be wildlife helpers this spring — “Let wild animals stay wild”

May 18, 2025

By Lincoln Chronicle The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has embarked on a campaign this spring to encourage people to leave young wild animals alone and to remind people that most of the time they do not need your help. The advice you are likely to hear from ODFW if you pick up or encounter wildlife is “put

Samaritan considers closing birthing center at its Lincoln City hospital as cost-cutting move

May 16, 2025

By KRISTINE deLEON/The Oregonian/OregonLive Samaritan Health Services’ maternity care services at its Lincoln City and Lebanon hospitals are on the chopping block. The Corvallis-based nonprofit health network is evaluating whether to close the maternity ward at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital and the Girod Birth Center at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital. In addition to Lincoln City and Lebanon, Samaritan has

JoAnn and Bill Barton’s Yakona Nature Preserve creates a “living laboratory” and legacy in Yaquina estuary

May 15, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – JoAnn Barton is careful not to step on the small orange bodies of rough-skinned newts as she hikes through Yakona Nature Preserve. She looks down as her boots tread the forest floor, a mixture of pine cones, pine needles and grass. Although she knows where she is going – one of her favorite

Supporters of Newport private school press Lincoln County School District to back off revised athletic policy

May 15, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle A large Newport Christian church with a growing private school is pressuring the Lincoln County School District to reverse a new policy that could restrict its students’ participation on public school athletic teams in the fall. School administrators now say the update in their athletics handbook caused a misunderstanding and are working to resolve the

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Declining enrollment, rising costs creates $2.8 million deficit in Lincoln County School District’s budget for next year

$7.2 million townhome project in Depoe Bay designed to aid victims of 2020 Otis-area wildfire

Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue district’s proposed five-year operating levy passes by 116 votes

Mini-research boat built by Lincoln County high school students lands 239 days later on Palau island atoll

Two-day art show, craft bazaar and Lions Club breakfast on tap for Memorial Day weekend in Yachats

Lincoln County officials still not allowing commissioner into courthouse office, so now renting him work space instead

ODFW issues advice for would-be wildlife helpers this spring — “Let wild animals stay wild”

Samaritan considers closing birthing center at its Lincoln City hospital as cost-cutting move

JoAnn and Bill Barton’s Yakona Nature Preserve creates a “living laboratory” and legacy in Yaquina estuary

Supporters of Newport private school press Lincoln County School District to back off revised athletic policy

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

City of Yachats Parks & Commons Commission

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

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