Yachats Finance Committee suggests using $600,000 from urban renewal district to help build new library

April 4, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – With sharpened pencils and a well-oiled abacus, the Yachats finance committee Tuesday divined a path for the city to better manage tax collection while also opening the municipal wallet to help pay for a new library. City manager Bobbi Price will take the committee’s recommendations to the city council which will decide whether to

Rain amounts on the central Oregon coast are running nearly 50 percent higher than average — so far

April 4, 2024

It may be obvious to anyone who has spent time outside this winter but rainfall on the central Oregon coast for the first three months of 2024 is running nearly 50 percent above average. However, according to weather watchers for YachatsNews, the usual corresponding increase in high winds has been absent so far this winter. Other than two unusually

Central coast band seeks help buying instruments so it can expand its membership

April 2, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews The Pacific Coast Wind Ensemble has been blowing fine music up and down the central Oregon coast for 23 years. Now, the band is looking for donations to help buy some instruments it cannot afford to buy on its own. “Instruments like the tuba and timpani are often not owned by the amateur but capable musician,”

County’s closes doors on winter shelter program’s first season — now has to remodel two buildings and chase financial help

April 2, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Chantelle Estess escorted the last of the winter shelter’s homeless guests out of the downtown Newport building at 7 a.m. Monday to spend another day on the street. By nightfall, for the first time since October, there was no place for them to get a hot meal, do their laundry and find a bed in a

Coalition of Oregon fishing groups, seafood industry asks Kotek to slow offshore wind energy development

April 1, 2024

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A coalition of independent fishing boat operators, seafood companies and industry groups is calling on Gov. Tina Kotek to ask the federal government to stop a planned auction for floating wind energy projects off the Oregon Coast. In a letter to Kotek last week, the more than 100 signatories said she should stop the

Lincoln County hires new medical examiner and finds different model for death investigations

April 1, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County has found a new medical examiner and is changing the model it uses to document or investigate unattended or suspicious deaths. The change comes after Dr. Marilyn Fraser of Lincoln City, gave up the medical examiner duties last November after holding the county contract for 20 years. The new medical examiner is Dr. Peter

Underground Pub owner will pay OLCC fine of $6,700 rather than lose license for 37 days

March 30, 2024

YACHATS — The owner of the Yachats Underground Pub & Grub says he will pay $6,700 in penalties by April 15 rather than face a 37-day suspension of his liquor license beginning a week later. Owner David Lothrop agreed to a settlement with the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission after an investigation resulted in three violations between June 2021

NOAA researchers announce 33 percent increase in gray whale numbers, end investigation into die-off

March 28, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews There’s good news for whale lovers on the Oregon coast. The number of gray whales that migrated south along the Pacific Coast this winter have rebounded sharply to numbers not seen in four years, according to NOAA Fisheries. The increase is large enough and signs of healthy North Pacific gray whales are visible enough that NOAA

Anti-spray group will keep protesting Starker’s drone herbicide application near Yachats despite assurances it is OK

March 28, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A planned aerial spray of herbicides using drones on private forestland east of Yachats has sparked concern and condemnation from central coast residents who oppose any use of herbicides in forests near watersheds. Opponents of the spray lined U.S. Highway 101 in Yachats last Sunday holding signs with slogans that read – “Keep Yachats

Bornstein Seafoods announces closure of Newport processing plant by May, laying off 50 workers

March 28, 2024

NEWPORT — A major seafood processor is permanently closing its plant on the Newport bayfront in May, laying off 50 workers and consolidating its operations in Astoria. Bornstein Seafoods is also closing its facilities in Bellingham, Wash., resulting in 72 layoffs there. The company filed layoff notices March 22 with the states of Oregon and Washington. The Newport plant

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Yachats Finance Committee suggests using $600,000 from urban renewal district to help build new library

Rain amounts on the central Oregon coast are running nearly 50 percent higher than average — so far

Central coast band seeks help buying instruments so it can expand its membership

County’s closes doors on winter shelter program’s first season — now has to remodel two buildings and chase financial help

Coalition of Oregon fishing groups, seafood industry asks Kotek to slow offshore wind energy development

Lincoln County hires new medical examiner and finds different model for death investigations

Underground Pub owner will pay OLCC fine of $6,700 rather than lose license for 37 days

NOAA researchers announce 33 percent increase in gray whale numbers, end investigation into die-off

Anti-spray group will keep protesting Starker’s drone herbicide application near Yachats despite assurances it is OK

Bornstein Seafoods announces closure of Newport processing plant by May, laying off 50 workers

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