250 students show off their wind/wave/solar energy devices at Hatfield Marine contest

March 6, 2025

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews What does renewable energy look like? Over 250 school students showed off their best guesses in team projects Tuesday at the Oregon Coast Renewable Energy Challenge. Staged annually for over a decade at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, the challenge drew 82 teams from grades three through 12, representing schools from all along the

Fifth day of search for missing 2-year-old boy covers 14 miles of the Siletz River without success

March 4, 2025

Wednesday evening search update from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Divers and search boats covered 14 miles of the Siletz River downstream from the home of 2-year-old Dane Paulsen, who disappeared Saturday; Ground teams also searched two miles along Highway 229 south of the home of Dane’s parents, Chamet Jackson and Aaron Paulsen; The search, concentrating mostly on the Siletz

After years of community effort, 51-year-old Yachats library demolished to make way for 3,600 square foot structure

March 4, 2025

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The walls came tumbling down — and so did the doors, the windows and roof of the old Yachats library on Monday and Tuesday as demolition made way for a new, bigger building. By Wednesday, all that will remain of the 51-year-old structure will be memories and mud. Starting Monday, workers from 3 Kings

Federal workers comprise just 2 percent of Lincoln County’s workforce, but have outsized impact on economy

March 4, 2025

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Firings and layoffs of federal workers by the Trump administration are likely to have marked effects on the economies of Oregon’s north coast counties, particularly in Lincoln County. That’s the assessment of Shaun Barrick, a state workforce economist who, in addition to Lincoln, monitors economic trends in Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties. While the percentage of

Trump administration firings of federal workers begins to ripple through Lincoln County. Are budget and program cuts next?

February 27, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH and GARRET JAROS /YachatsNews Three U.S. Bureau of Land Management park rangers at Yaquina Head? Gone. U.S. Department of Agriculture temporary, probationary or seasonal workers in the Siuslaw National Forest? Let go. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staff in Newport? Told to clean out their desks Thursday. Those are just three local examples of the firing

COCF&R board asks state ethics commission to investigate Seal Rock fire chief’s threats in incendiary email

February 27, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – A fire needs heat, fuel and oxygen in order to exist. There seems to be no shortage of those elements in the seemingly unending feud between Seal Rock Fire District and Waldport-based Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue district. Smoldering tensions were rekindled into a blaze this month after an incendiary email from Seal

Seachers for 2-year-old boy missing for almost three days focus efforts on nearby Siletz River

February 27, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Boats and divers from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and four other departments combed the Siletz River on Monday looking for a 2½-year-old boy missing since Saturday. Boats with 13 divers from Lincoln, Clackamas, Multnomah, Lane and Tillamook counties combed 1½ miles of the river for Dane Paulsen as professional and community-led volunteers searched land surrounding

County reopens refurbished Newport winter shelter for homeless after five months of work

February 27, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT – With an “Are we ready? Let’s do this!” the staff at Lincoln County’s winter shelter for the homeless reopened Wednesday night for the first time this season after five months and $605,000 worth of renovations. But as one shelter opened, a second in Lincoln City was forced to close because Lincoln County must connect

District attorney rules December’s Five Rivers officer-involved shooting death was justified but “a tragedy for all involved”

February 24, 2025

Correction: An earlier version of this story used a photo of an Army National Guard member from Wyoming also named Tyler Holloway, but who is not the man killed Dec. 27, 2024. YachatsNews regrets the error. Editor’s note: This story was updated Tuesday, Feb. 25 with comments and details from Lane County district attorney Christopher Parosa. By QUINTON

Seal Rock fire board member tries to mend fences with chief, but says “obsession” with Central Coast fire needs to end

February 24, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews SEAL ROCK – While there was still some mopping up to do after a contentious Seal Rock Fire District board meeting last month – making amends and a fresh start was the overarching theme at its meeting last week. At its Jan. 31 meeting, board member Mike Burt came under a blistering attack from a fellow

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250 students show off their wind/wave/solar energy devices at Hatfield Marine contest

Fifth day of search for missing 2-year-old boy covers 14 miles of the Siletz River without success

After years of community effort, 51-year-old Yachats library demolished to make way for 3,600 square foot structure

Federal workers comprise just 2 percent of Lincoln County’s workforce, but have outsized impact on economy

Trump administration firings of federal workers begins to ripple through Lincoln County. Are budget and program cuts next?

COCF&R board asks state ethics commission to investigate Seal Rock fire chief’s threats in incendiary email

Seachers for 2-year-old boy missing for almost three days focus efforts on nearby Siletz River

County reopens refurbished Newport winter shelter for homeless after five months of work

District attorney rules December’s Five Rivers officer-involved shooting death was justified but “a tragedy for all involved”

Seal Rock fire board member tries to mend fences with chief, but says “obsession” with Central Coast fire needs to end

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