Can Oregon coast seaweed help eastern Oregon cattle from producing too much greenhouse gases?

October 28, 2024

By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service Can seaweed grown on the Oregon coast help prevent beef cattle in eastern Oregon from producing too much methane? Oregon State University researchers are getting $1 million to find out. A five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will try to determine if adding seaweed to the diet of cattle is an effective

Judge denies Yachats businesswoman’s request to keep yurt/travel trailer development in forest zone

October 27, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A Lincoln County circuit judge has denied a request by a prominent Yachats businesswoman seeking to keep a development of four yurts and a travel trailer on 20 acres of property she owns off Starr Creek Road just north of Yachats. Judge Marcia Buckley ruled last week that Lincoln County is correct in saying the dwellings

Yachats council OKs $370,000 bid to (finally) renovate city’s Little Log Church Museum

October 26, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council has approved a bid to begin renovations on the city’s historic Little Log Church Museum despite the higher-than-expected cost. During a public hearing at its Wednesday meeting, the council approved a $370,000 bid from Top to Bottom Contractors of Newport to begin renovations — weather willing — sometime this winter.

Agencies place 700 big trees in Coast Range streams to restore habitat and help salmon, steelhead thrive

October 24, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews FIVE RIVERS – The first warning of impending danger arrives with the distant thrum of slapping blades that quickly gives way to the rhythmic thumping of the incoming Chinook helicopter’s twin rotors. Fishery biologists and the helicopter’s ground crew have placed small flags to show where the helicopter will need to set the trees it carries

YachatsNews enters final week of October fundraising campaign to support local journalism

October 24, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Although there’s never really any deadline for donations, YachatsNews has entered the last week of its October campaign to encourage more small, monthly subscribers to help support its work. As of Monday, Oct. 28, 25 people have signed up to donate $5 to $10 monthly for an additional $210 a month toward our operating expenses. That

Mother of Waldport woman killed in January crash with Yachats ambulance files $6 million lawsuit

October 24, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The mother of a 25-year-old Waldport woman killed in a collision with a Yachats ambulance in January has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District and the private, nonprofit ambulance company that it staffs. Kelsey R. Seibel died and Fokus Simmons, 16, of Waldport, was severely injured Jan.

Central Oregon Coast Fire asking voters for levy increase to keep up with rising costs and rebuild reserves

October 24, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District believes it gave residents in the district a break four years ago, so now it’s asking for help in return. The district’s 3,242 voters are being asked in the Nov. 5 general election to approve a 60 cent increase to an operations levy of $1.27 that

Seal Rock Fire District asking voters to approve new 5-year tax levy to help purchase equipment

October 24, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews SEAL ROCK – Seal Rock Fire Department Chief Will Ewing has an equipment shortage on his hands that he hopes district taxpayers will help resolve. The district’s current level of funding does not allow for the replacement of essential equipment or the personal protective gear needed to not only protect firefighters, Ewing said, but to also

A quiet two years and progress on projects results in lonely races for Yachats mayor and council

October 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats residents seeking shelter from the storm of election rhetoric need look no further than the race for the city’s mayor and two council seats. But then you can hardly call it a race. Barring a last-minute coup by some unknown write-in candidates Nov. 5 – the mayor in January will be unopposed

“Community” is the common theme by the six candidates for Waldport mayor and city council positions

October 22, 2024

Garret Jaros Garret Jaros By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The common thread woven into the campaign cloth of candidates running for mayor and city council seats in Waldport is community. Whether in the voter pamphlet statements of the four candidates running for three council seats or in statements and interviews with the two mayoral candidates – community is the

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Can Oregon coast seaweed help eastern Oregon cattle from producing too much greenhouse gases?

Judge denies Yachats businesswoman’s request to keep yurt/travel trailer development in forest zone

Yachats council OKs $370,000 bid to (finally) renovate city’s Little Log Church Museum

Agencies place 700 big trees in Coast Range streams to restore habitat and help salmon, steelhead thrive

YachatsNews enters final week of October fundraising campaign to support local journalism

Mother of Waldport woman killed in January crash with Yachats ambulance files $6 million lawsuit

Central Oregon Coast Fire asking voters for levy increase to keep up with rising costs and rebuild reserves

Seal Rock Fire District asking voters to approve new 5-year tax levy to help purchase equipment

A quiet two years and progress on projects results in lonely races for Yachats mayor and council

“Community” is the common theme by the six candidates for Waldport mayor and city council positions

Letters from readers

Lincoln County ballot measure is a commitment to our veterans

$25,000 grant will help View the Future’s community conversations

Look at Medicare Advantage plans carefully before making a decision

Obituaries

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Marie Jones of Newport

Civic Calendar

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

Waldport City Council

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