Anti-poverty group wants to study, connect low-income Lincoln County residents with enticement of pay

February 12, 2020

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com A national anti-poverty program offering to pay low-income residents of Lincoln County for information about their lives, is off to a slow start despite trying to recruit people since last fall. The Family Independence Initiative is seeking 900 participants from Oregon’s Lincoln and Jefferson counties, the only two counties in the state picked for the pilot research

Yachats council puts off water rate vote after disagreement over their impact and revenue

February 6, 2020

BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A disagreement over how much money the city of Yachats needs to generate for maintenance projects from new water rates delayed a preliminary decision on those rates Thursday. The city is in the midst of a $24,000 study to determine new water rates. The council decided previously that the new rates should cover regular operating costs

A year of YachatsNews.com: A look back, new content announcement — and a request for support

February 6, 2020

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com I launched YachatsNews.com 13 months ago because after 40 years in newspapers I wanted to contribute to the community in the best way I knew how — and because there was a lack of traditional, community-level news coverage in an area that deserved and wanted it. It has been a year of growth for the website

Oregon whale license plates generate $300,000 for OSU marine research in first year

February 5, 2020

NEWPORT – Nearly 10,000 Oregonians have purchased gray whale license plates since they went on sale a year ago, providing critical support for Oregon State University researchers studying gray whales that frequent Oregon’s waters. The license plate, with the image of a gray whale mother and her calf, went on sale at Oregon Department of Motor Vehicle offices on Feb.

Lincoln County School District seeks comments on how to use $4.6 million in new funding

February 5, 2020

The Lincoln County School District wants to hear from Waldport and Yachats-area residents on how it should spend $4.6 million in additional state money because of a new tax on large businesses that took effect Jan. 1. Called the Oregon Student Success Act, Gov. Kate Brown signed the legislation into law last spring. It will create an estimated $2 billion

Yachats Fire District will return $562,000 to taxpayers once new station is completely finished

February 1, 2020

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com When the finishing touches are completed, the last equipment purchased and the final landscaping done, the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District estimates it will have $562,000 left over after building its main fire station. Now the district’s board has to figure out how to give the money back to taxpayers. The district moved into its new

Second member of Lincoln County district attorney’s staff files to seek top position

January 30, 2020

The race to become the next elected Lincoln County District Attorney is getting more interesting. A second deputy district attorney in the office has filed for the May primary election to challenge newly appointed district attorney Jonathan Cable. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown appointed Cable, a Newport attorney in private practice, to the position on Jan. 17. Cable succeeded Michelle

Sheriff’s deputies arrest California felon after burglary report of Yachats River yurt

January 26, 2020

Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies and Oregon State Police troopers negotiated with an armed felon from California for more than 15 minutes Saturday afternoon on North Yachats River Road before arresting him on a variety of charges. Michael G. Richie, 37, of Forestville, Calif. is in the Lincoln County Jail on accusations of first-degree burglary, being a felon in possession of

Yachats city manager outlines new plans for City Hall employees, planning and code enforcement

January 23, 2020

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats City Manager Shannon Beaucaire has developed a new staffing and employee structure for City Hall, proposing to add one employee to handle community service duties and a second to be an administrative assistant. The plan is more than a year in the making. Beaucaire said it involved interviews with current staff and contractors, looking at

Governor goes outside courthouse to appoint new Lincoln County district attorney and judge

January 23, 2020

Gov. Kate Brown has selected two lawyers in private practice to be the new Lincoln County district attorney and to fill a vacant circuit court judgeship. In doing so, Brown went outside the district attorney’s office to fill that position and to also pass over a Lincoln County temporary hearings referee to fill the judicial vacancy. Jonathan Cable of Waldport,

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Lincoln County School District seeks comments on how to use $4.6 million in new funding

Yachats Fire District will return $562,000 to taxpayers once new station is completely finished

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Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Marie Jones of Newport

Civic Calendar

Newport Planning Commission work session and regular meeting

Lincoln County School District board special meeting

Port of Newport Commission monthly meeting

Port of Alsea commission special meeting

City of Yachats Parks & Commons Commission

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

Public & Legal Notices

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD

Otter Rock Water District NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET HEARING