Latest count of gray whale calves along West Coast shows them at a near-record low, NOAA researchers report

November 25, 2024

By NOAA News Service The number of gray whale calves migrating with their mothers along the West Coast this year was one of the lowest on record, NOAA Fisheries researchers have found, but the overall whale population is still recovering after a die-off between 2018 and 2023. Although the eastern North Pacific gray whale population that migrates annually along the West

Churches, Legion Post, tavern all pitch in to offer free, community Thanksgiving meals beginning Wednesday

November 25, 2024

By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews How many people are you serving for Thanksgiving dinner? Four, six or 12? Ralph and Wanda Janes oversee the free, community Thanksgiving meal at the American Legion Post 116 in Newport and expect to serve 300 to 400. The Legion is one of several organizations around Lincoln County offering free Thanksgiving meals Wednesday and Thursday. Providing

Lincoln County students, Yachats volunteer add “Yaquina Neversink” to worldwide fleet of tiny research vessels

November 21, 2024

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Daniel Roeser admits there may have been a time or two this summer when his work helping assemble a five-foot-long autonomous miniboat felt a bit like drudgery Take, for instance, the long hours needed to sand the vessel’s fiberglass hull for eventual launch into the Pacific Ocean. In those moments, said Roeser, a 17-year-old Toledo

Yachats, landowner and logger agree on 25-year tree lease to stop threat of clearcut on south edge of city

November 21, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – There will be no clearcutting of trees above homes on Yachats’ south side – at least not for the next 25 years. After nearly six months of negotiations, the city reached a deal with the property owner and the logger who had purchased the trees to leave them standing, the Yachats city council announced

Coast tourist organization offers to help pick up cost of trolley, so Yachats council jumps aboard

November 21, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats is getting a trolley. Memorial Day will not be the only thing that rolls around in May after the Yachats city council Wednesday approved purchasing and funding a tourist-style trolley to shuttle visitors and locals between hotels, campgrounds, downtown and beyond to Cape Perpetua. The idea to bring a trolley to town to

Siletz Tribe completes purchase of 27 acres on Cape Foulweather that was once part of its reservation

November 19, 2024

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A multi-year effort involving the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and five other public and private partners has resulted in the Tribe regaining ownership of 27 acres of their ancestral homelands at Cape Foulweather south of Depoe Bay. The purchase, financed by a $2.01 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, marks the return

Waldport Beachcomber Days leaders, supporters blast city allegations as group works to answer questions

November 19, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT — The normally empty parking lot packed with cars prior to the Waldport city council meeting last week and a standing-room only chamber swelled by Waldport Beachcomber Days volunteers signaled something was in the air. The public comment portion kicking off Thursday’s meeting began amicably enough with Beachcomber volunteer Jason Vorderbrueggen reading a statement

Oregon Coast CC board approves college’s first bachelor’s program, state OK is next

November 17, 2024

Oregon Coast Community College has joined a consortium of five other community colleges across the state to offer the first bachelor’s degree program in its 37-year history. The bachelor’s degree program in nursing is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2026, after its curriculum was approved last week by the college’s seven-member board. It still needs approval from

City reopens access to Yachats River beach Saturday after new tests show water is safe

November 16, 2024

YACHATS – The beach at the mouth of the Yachats River re-opened to the public Saturday after tests results from a city sewage spill a week earlier showed the water was safe. An estimated 62,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the Yachats River after crews working on a pump station on the north side of the river Nov. 8

“Bomb cyclone” missed the central Oregon coast this week but big winds predicted for Friday

November 15, 2024

The central Oregon coast was mostly spared the so-called “bomb cyclone” that damaged northern California and the Seattle area this week, but that doesn’t mean the late fall storms are over. The National Weather Service has issued a high wind watch for the central coast for most of Friday, forecasting that south winds could reach up to 60 mph.

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Latest count of gray whale calves along West Coast shows them at a near-record low, NOAA researchers report

Churches, Legion Post, tavern all pitch in to offer free, community Thanksgiving meals beginning Wednesday

Lincoln County students, Yachats volunteer add “Yaquina Neversink” to worldwide fleet of tiny research vessels

Yachats, landowner and logger agree on 25-year tree lease to stop threat of clearcut on south edge of city

Coast tourist organization offers to help pick up cost of trolley, so Yachats council jumps aboard

Siletz Tribe completes purchase of 27 acres on Cape Foulweather that was once part of its reservation

Waldport Beachcomber Days leaders, supporters blast city allegations as group works to answer questions

Oregon Coast CC board approves college’s first bachelor’s program, state OK is next

City reopens access to Yachats River beach Saturday after new tests show water is safe

“Bomb cyclone” missed the central Oregon coast this week but big winds predicted for Friday

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

Port of Alsea commission special meeting

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

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