Yachats Fire board trying to determine if it should take over South Lincoln’s ambulance service

April 3, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS – Whether the Yachats area will continue to have its own designated ambulance service is at the crux of discussions among the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board and its administrator. The board held a special meeting Wednesday to discuss whether Yachats Fire should take on ambulance service in south Lincoln County, something that

Yachats artist uses her knives and tools to create two dimensional art in vibrant downtown studio

April 3, 2025

Last in a series By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — Is Victoria Kwasinski a sculptor or a painter? “Yes” is the correct answer, because the Yachats artist’s work requires carving into a paint-wax mixture to create textured, two-dimensional pieces. While she keeps a few dozen traditional paint brushes around for nostalgia’s sake, the Colorado native is lately more apt

Cybertrucks and lake draining. Two April Fool’s Day media spoofs catch more than a few people by surprise

April 3, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle No, they did not drain Devils Lake in Lincoln City on Tuesday. No, Lincoln County commissioners did not vote unanimously to spend $177 million to replace the county fleet with 1,400 Tesla Cybertrucks. But apparently more than a few people fell this week for some April 1 Tomfoolery. Read carefully folks. This is intended as

Local government projects in Waldport, Newport, Toledo and Siletz lose millions when appropriations bill dies

April 3, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle There was $1 million to help expand Oregon Coast Community College’s welding program in Toledo into a new building. There was another $1 million headed to Waldport to help the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District repair and renovate the main fire station downtown it is buying from the city. In Siletz, the fire

Newport Paper & Book Festival has grown to become a major art event attracting people to ever-evolving classes

April 2, 2025

By LORI TOBIAS/Oregon ArtsWatch NEWPORT — In the 31 years since its start, the Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival has gone from a weekend of paper making and rubber stamping to one where students emerge from two- and three-day classes with books that open like accordions, boxes with drawers within drawers, and art involving paper, leaves, and … turkey roasters.

Beautification volunteers and rock shop owner combine to create unusual, tiny park in downtown Yachats

April 1, 2025

By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — What’s the story with the big pink rock and the new benches at the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and West Fourth Street? The answer becomes official at 2 p.m. Saturday when volunteers stage a ribbon-cutting for the new, tiny park now being dubbed “Crystal Corner.” Called Keeping Yachats Beautiful, the group has

Trump administration cuts to food programs could mean 40 percent drop to Lincoln County pantries

March 31, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle Eighteen pantries across Lincoln County that distribute food to people in need may see 40 percent less food from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the Trump Administration cancelled several food deliveries to the Oregon Food Bank. Lincoln County’s regional food bank is bracing for the impact and planning to make sure 2,000 families that

Welcome to our renamed website! The focus remains on news of Lincoln County, just more for you

March 27, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle Welcome to a renamed website – formerly YachatsNews and now called Lincoln Chronicle. But really, not much is changing except a new masthead and a commitment to cover local news in more of Lincoln County than ever before. For the past six years we have operated as YachatsNews. Friday marks just a name change

Three rangers at Yaquina Head Natural Area get their jobs back — but still aren’t allowed to work

March 27, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – Four Bureau of Land Management employees fired suddenly and without notice at Yaquina Head last month have been offered their jobs back. Three of the four have accepted the offer. But they have no illusions — knowing the offers could vanish like castles in the sand before they are allowed back on the

It’s just practice — but local law enforcement spent the week training for the unimaginable school shooting

March 27, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT — Clad with bullet proof vests, safety glasses, modified handguns and assault rifles, police officers and sheriff’s deputies carefully step in unison as they pad through Newport Middle School hallway, training for the unfathomable — a school shooting. Officers exchange glances, head nods and verbal cues as they carefully enter classrooms, navigate stairs and