Waldport community reeling from death of Crestview Heights teacher in Highway 20 crash Tuesday

August 22, 2024

WALDPORT – The Waldport community and educators at its two schools are reeling from the death of a beloved second-grade teacher in a head-on crash Tuesday on U.S. Highway 20 east of Blodgett. Anna Kelley, 31, of Waldport, was killed when her vehicle was struck by a car driven by Shylene Olsen, 26, of Corvallis, who also was killed.

Yachats OKs emergency water contract during droughts, calls special meeting to discuss raising rates

August 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council waded into all things water during its four-hour meeting Wednesday — which overflowed into scheduling an additional meeting next month to dive into potential water rate increases. Councilors also received updates on two high-profile projects and efforts to stop a clearcut in the city’s southern viewshed. City manager Bobbi Price

Transfer of Ocean View Drive from county to Yachats hits another bump after state’s objection

August 22, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County has been trying to give Ocean View Drive to the city of Yachats for years. But its latest effort hit a speed bump Wednesday during a public hearing before county commissioners when an Oregon state parks official showed up to object to the county claiming a short section of the road through Yachats State

New state report shows solid year for commercial fishing in Oregon, Lincoln County-based fleet

August 20, 2024

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Oregon’s commercial fishing industry had a solid, if not record-breaking, year in 2023, according to a new report from the state Employment Department. Statistics covering everything from pounds of seafood landed, revenues from individual fisheries and total employment showed strong signs of at least keeping up with historical averages, said the report’s author, Shaun Barrick, a

Shifting rainfall forces state parks to cut hundreds of trees at Beverly Beach during 11-month renovation

August 19, 2024

By APRIL EHRLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting For years, the towering spruce trees at Beverly Beach State Park just north of Newport have been getting sick and dying, threatening to drop limbs on any of the 278 campsites below. “Best case scenario, it would damage a vehicle or somebody’s camper tent,” said Oregon state forester Nick Morris. “And worst case scenario,

Yachats man perishes Sunday during rescue attempt of woman, sons at mouth of the Yachats River

August 18, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – A man who camped and rented the past two years around Yachats is presumed drowned after he attempted to rescue a woman and her two sons from the mouth of the Yachats River Sunday afternoon but then was swept away himself. Friends identified the missing man as Sean Johnson, 52, who had camps north

Four years after getting $1.7 million grant, Waldport finds a way to construct sidewalks to schools on Crestline

August 15, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Waldport city councilors let loose a collective cheer when they learned work on the long-awaited plan to build a sidewalk along a portion of Crestline Drive could begin as early as next week. Then came the collective groan when they learned that Lincoln County still has to sign off on the project because it

Central Oregon Coast fire board will ask voters to increase an operations levy in November

August 15, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District board voted unanimously Thursday to ask voters in November to increase their property taxes to help make up for inflation, increased operating costs and to rebuild the district’s financial reserves. The board approved asking for a 60 cent increase to an operations levy of $1.27 that

Floating wind project off southern Oregon coast clears first big bureaucratic hurdle in a long process

August 15, 2024

By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon coast is inching closer to generating renewable electricity using floating offshore wind turbines, although any construction is still years away. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, announced it finished an environmental assessment. The assessment looked at potential impacts from issuing leases to develop floating offshore

Florida man rescued from Devils Churn south of Yachats; one of few “ever pulled out of here alive”

August 15, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS — A Florida man was rescued relatively unscathed from Devils Churn on Tuesday after tripping while taking a photo and falling about 15 feet into the ocean. Jack Turnock, 70, was was on the south side of the chasm taking a photo when he tripped and tumbled into the ocean shortly before 1 p.m. He

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Waldport community reeling from death of Crestview Heights teacher in Highway 20 crash Tuesday

Yachats OKs emergency water contract during droughts, calls special meeting to discuss raising rates

Transfer of Ocean View Drive from county to Yachats hits another bump after state’s objection

New state report shows solid year for commercial fishing in Oregon, Lincoln County-based fleet

Shifting rainfall forces state parks to cut hundreds of trees at Beverly Beach during 11-month renovation

Yachats man perishes Sunday during rescue attempt of woman, sons at mouth of the Yachats River

Four years after getting $1.7 million grant, Waldport finds a way to construct sidewalks to schools on Crestline

Central Oregon Coast fire board will ask voters to increase an operations levy in November

Floating wind project off southern Oregon coast clears first big bureaucratic hurdle in a long process

Florida man rescued from Devils Churn south of Yachats; one of few “ever pulled out of here alive”

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

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