County commissioners select contractor for new animal shelter in Waldport, construction could start in July

May 16, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County hopes to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in late June for its new animal control shelter in Waldport and have a Salem-based contractor moving dirt by mid-July. If all goes well – not a given in any coastal construction project – the $5 million shelter in the Waldport Industrial Park could be open and operating

Yachats fire district has first cash carryover in years after financial struggles erased by levy approvals

May 16, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – Voter-approved tax levies in 2022 and 2023 are making the job of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District’s budget committee much easier. After five years of needing loans to make ends meet between infusions of property taxes, the fire district’s budget committee learned Monday that the district should have a healthy cash carryover of

Wednesday night update: Wallace wins district attorney race; Hall and Beasley in November runoff; all money measures passing

May 16, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A prosecutor who stepped in to run for district attorney at the last minute won election Tuesday to become Lincoln County’s third district attorney in four years. Jenna Wallace, 34, of Toledo, won with 55 percent of the vote over longtime Newport defense attorney Kathryn Benfield. With 95 percent of ballots counted by end of the

Waldport, sheriff and Lincoln County embroiled in a dispute — and trade accusations — over cost of deputy contract

May 16, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Will the city of Waldport end its contract to have Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies stationed in town? Will a disagreement between Waldport and Lincoln County derail an experiment by Yachats to pay for a deputy in the city? Or, are county officials correct in saying that a Waldport-Yachats proposal for three deputies would have other county

A new hybrid non-native beach grass is spreading fast and hampering efforts to restore ocean dunes

May 14, 2024

By LAUREN ELLENBECKER/Columbia Insight Over a century ago, settlers altered the Pacific Coast’s natural shape with the introduction of two non-native grass species. Now, a new hybrid grass species is making headway, presenting challenges for dune restoration. A study published last month in the journal Ecosphere said two invasive, dune-building beachgrasses — European beachgrass and American beachgrass — hybridized to create

Newport hospital becomes first small, rural Oregon hospital to use robotic-assisted surgery equipment

May 14, 2024

NEWPORT – Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital has become the first, small rural hospital in Oregon to acquire and implement robotic-assisted surgery equipment in one of its operating rooms. The da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery system has been in use at the Newport hospital since April, the hospital said in an announcement, giving surgeons enhanced precision and control while conducting procedures. It

Waldport council OKs seeking contractor to install specialty (and costly) playground surface at Southworth Park

May 13, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The city of Waldport is taking another small but expensive step to develop the playground centerpiece of Louis Southworth Park. The city council last week authorized city manager Dann Cutter to seek contractors to purchase and install a surface specially designed to go underneath a massive playground structure in the center of the new

Yachats budget committee wades through — and OKs — much of 2024-25 city spending plan

May 12, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats’ finances are in good shape with several long-awaited projects about to begin and future plans – including a possible contract deputy from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office – accounted for in the proposed 2024-25 spending plan that its 10-member Budget Committee reviewed Thursday. In a marathon of a meeting that

Need help from social service agencies? A dozen will be in Waldport Tuesday to help connect you

May 9, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews WALDPORT — If you know someone in need, the kindest thing you might do is give them a ride to an event in Waldport next week. Almost a dozen agencies will gather from 2-5 p.m. Tuesday at DaNoble House, 125 N.W. Spruce St., to help people in south Lincoln County connect with shelter, food, senior and

Lincoln County’s six specialty courts aim to help people stay out of jail and get their lives back on track

May 9, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Daniel Neustel died five years ago in Eugene from an overdose of Xanax and methadone. A friend found him on the couch and called 911 before rolling him to the floor and administering CPR until paramedics arrived. Paramedics used Naloxone, a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose, to resuscitate him. “I was dead,

Sponsor

Other Yachats Community News - Page 58

County commissioners select contractor for new animal shelter in Waldport, construction could start in July

Yachats fire district has first cash carryover in years after financial struggles erased by levy approvals

Wednesday night update: Wallace wins district attorney race; Hall and Beasley in November runoff; all money measures passing

Waldport, sheriff and Lincoln County embroiled in a dispute — and trade accusations — over cost of deputy contract

A new hybrid non-native beach grass is spreading fast and hampering efforts to restore ocean dunes

Newport hospital becomes first small, rural Oregon hospital to use robotic-assisted surgery equipment

Waldport council OKs seeking contractor to install specialty (and costly) playground surface at Southworth Park

Yachats budget committee wades through — and OKs — much of 2024-25 city spending plan

Need help from social service agencies? A dozen will be in Waldport Tuesday to help connect you

Lincoln County’s six specialty courts aim to help people stay out of jail and get their lives back on track

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