Port of Alsea begins search for new manager as Cuellar retires this fall after nine years at helm

March 5, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Anyone with aspirations of managing a port – sleuthing for smugglers while rubbing elbows with scalawags and flannel-clad pirates along brine-scented docks – may want to consider the Port of Alsea. They may also want to consider the actual job requirements without all the blarney. “I think people don’t realize how much of the

Researchers refine ocean oxygen sensors so they can enlist Oregon’s crab fleet to track changing conditions

March 4, 2024

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service Oregon State University researchers are helping to refine the design and expanded use of oxygen monitoring sensors that can be deployed in crab or lobster pots to gather critical information on changing ocean conditions. The new project, a collaboration with industry and tribes, is funded by a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the National

Yes, you are right — it was very wet again in February in the Yachats area. And then it snowed March 1

March 3, 2024

Well, March might be remembered for starting with snow on ocean beaches, but February will be noted for just being wet. Very wet. Coupled with a record-wet January, lots of rainstorms in February meant higher than average rainfall. Two miles north of Yachats, longtime weather watcher Don Tucker measured 11.57 inches of rain in February, the second highest for

Former Waldport High School student’s lawsuit alleges three years of harassment, seeks $2.5 million

February 29, 2024

By YachatsNews A former Waldport High School student is suing the Lincoln County School District for $2.5 million alleging school staff did little to nothing to stop a boy’s sexual harassment of her during three years at the school. The lawsuit was filed Feb. 9 by two Portland attorneys for the now 18-year-old girl, identified in the suit by a

With four choices, Yachats Fire District board selects career firefighter and volunteer as newest member

February 29, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – For the first time in anyone’s memory, the board of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District had four people to choose from to fill a board vacancy. And, for the first time in its history, the board on Monday chose someone who spent decades as a firefighter with work in emergency medical services, administration

What’s the fate of the Corvallis Clinic? If state bars 11-clinic sale to national group, will it simply close?

February 28, 2024

By CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/The Lund Report Hundreds of Corvallis-area residents and across Oregon have lined up to oppose health care giant UnitedHealth Group buying the physician-owned Corvallis Clinic. But some critics of the deal fear that if the state bars the purchase, an even worse fate awaits — that the 11-clinic chain serving Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties will close.

A first person report: What a day in the 2024 Oregon Legislature looks like for Rep. David Gomberg

February 27, 2024

Editor’s note Brad Fuqua, a longtime Benton County journalist and the editor and publisher of the online Philomath News, spent a day last week with Rep. David Gomberg of Otis, who represents Lincoln County in the Oregon Legislature. Here is his first-person report. Quinton Smith/YachatsNews By BRAD FUQUA/Philomath News SALEM — It’s Day 18 of the

New OSU study says fish exposed to some pesticides — even briefly — can display adverse effects

February 26, 2024

By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service NEWPORT — Fish exposed to some pesticides at extremely low concentrations for a brief period of time can demonstrate lasting behavioral changes, with the impact extending to offspring that were never exposed firsthand, a recent study found. The findings raise concerns not just for fish, but for all vertebrates that are exposed to commonly

Yachats council holds initial hearings on fireworks ban, homeless camping and expresses concern about Post Office operations

February 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS –Yachats moved closer to passing a fireworks ban and getting an ordinance on the books to keep homeless people from camping wherever they want within city limits during the first of two public hearings Wednesday. The Yachats city council also agreed during its monthly meeting to move forward with applying for two grants – one

First Yachats “state of the city” address in four years outlines 2023 work and 2024 plans

February 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – An annual “state of the city” address traditionally given by the mayor of Yachats had not happened since former mayor John Moore gave one four years ago. That changed Thursday when first-term Mayor Craig Berdie was joined by commission chairs and the city manager in giving the first address of his

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Port of Alsea begins search for new manager as Cuellar retires this fall after nine years at helm

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Yes, you are right — it was very wet again in February in the Yachats area. And then it snowed March 1

Former Waldport High School student’s lawsuit alleges three years of harassment, seeks $2.5 million

With four choices, Yachats Fire District board selects career firefighter and volunteer as newest member

What’s the fate of the Corvallis Clinic? If state bars 11-clinic sale to national group, will it simply close?

A first person report: What a day in the 2024 Oregon Legislature looks like for Rep. David Gomberg

New OSU study says fish exposed to some pesticides — even briefly — can display adverse effects

Yachats council holds initial hearings on fireworks ban, homeless camping and expresses concern about Post Office operations

First Yachats “state of the city” address in four years outlines 2023 work and 2024 plans

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

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

Yachats “open mic” night

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