Yachats chamber receives $100,000 grant to help fund tourist trolley but the city misses out

November 18, 2023

YACHATS — Efforts to bring a tourist-style trolley to Yachats have run into a snag after Travel Oregon announced Thursday that while the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce received the $100,000 grant it sought the city did not. Each had applied for $100,000 grants under Travel Oregon’s accessible and inclusive program to help purchase a 14-passenger $230,000 hybrid gas-electric

After headlining Yachats Celtic Music Festival, duo of Fraser and Haas get a lot different reception in Portland

November 17, 2023

By AIMEE GREEN/The Oregonian/OregonLive As one of two headline acts at the Yachats Celtic Music Festival, fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas played to a full house and enthusiastic crowds Friday and Saturday. Then they went to Portland. The world-traveling duo got a devastating dose of the dark side of Portland when they returned to their rental car Monday

View the Future and its supporters urge Oregon parks commission to buy 950-acre Yachats Ridge property

November 16, 2023

BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Twenty years of trying to end decades of clearcuts and neglect of the ridge that serves as a backdrop to Yachats and instead restore and preserve it found fertile ground Wednesday. Yachats non-profit View the Future, along with a big contingent of supporters, made a pitch to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission during

Yes, it’s the time of year for Medicare information, counseling and decisions — all by Dec. 7 deadline

November 16, 2023

BY CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews It’s that special time of year — family and friends gathering to give thanks, people sharing warm holiday wishes — and for folks near 65 and older dealing with Medicare health plans. Although that last item isn’t on anyone’s festive “to do” list, the Dec. 7 deadline to enroll in or change Medicare plans is important.

Central Coast Fire’s pursuit of equipment grants paying off to the tune of $900,000, helping tight budget

November 16, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Viewing the job of a fire chief from afar can look pretty appealing, especially when harkening back to the imprint of childhood – bright red trucks polished to an impossible shine, flashing lights and sirens, water-cannon hoses and axes to extinguish fires while saving lives – with only the occasional slow day to rescue

Yachats commission will ask city council to raze library and instead plan for new $1.46 million building

November 16, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats Library Commission voted unanimously Thursday to ask the city council if it can proceed with plans to tear down the library on West Seventh Street and work on a slightly revised design for an entirely new structure. That’s a departure of 18 months of planning to remodel and expand the 2,400-square foot

The mystery of a $1,866 monthly Yachats water bill is solved. (Hint: Is your toilet running?)

November 15, 2023

BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The mystery of the Yachats water bill run amuck is solved. Stephen Issac, who lives alone and whose monthly water bill averages $130, was stunned when he saw two massive and intermittent spikes this year — $876 in May and $1,866 in August. Isaac called the city after his May bill and explained that

Yachats chamber names co-directors to oversee its operations as Price prepares to take city job

November 13, 2023

BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A tandem team has stepped into the breach at the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce to fill the vacancy left by the departing executive director. Mindy Parsons and Nichole Lippincott will collaborate to cover all things chamber as they move the organization into the future on the heels of director Bobbi Price, who begins

Newport/Waldport high school “team of destiny” wins state 4A boys soccer championship Saturday

November 12, 2023

By JOHN TAWA/OSAAtoday HILLSBORO — A season that started with tragedy ended in jubilation Saturday as Newport/Waldport, a self-styled “team of destiny” edged Cottage Grove, 2-1 in overtime, to win the OSAA 4A boys soccer state championship at Liberty High School. Newport coach Ollie Richardson said that he believed his team, which was 7-5-5 last year, would win its first state title since

Many Lincoln County schools have attendance problems — but programs in Waldport (and now Toledo) are tackling the issue

November 9, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Getting to class by 8 o’clock each morning is no simple task for Waldport High School senior Airyanna Paden. Paden, 17, grew up in Yachats, but her family moved to Eddyville this year when they bought a house there. She’s in the car with her mother, Jennifer, and brother, Connor, 14, by 7 a.m. The first

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Yachats chamber receives $100,000 grant to help fund tourist trolley but the city misses out

After headlining Yachats Celtic Music Festival, duo of Fraser and Haas get a lot different reception in Portland

View the Future and its supporters urge Oregon parks commission to buy 950-acre Yachats Ridge property

Yes, it’s the time of year for Medicare information, counseling and decisions — all by Dec. 7 deadline

Central Coast Fire’s pursuit of equipment grants paying off to the tune of $900,000, helping tight budget

Yachats commission will ask city council to raze library and instead plan for new $1.46 million building

The mystery of a $1,866 monthly Yachats water bill is solved. (Hint: Is your toilet running?)

Yachats chamber names co-directors to oversee its operations as Price prepares to take city job

Newport/Waldport high school “team of destiny” wins state 4A boys soccer championship Saturday

Many Lincoln County schools have attendance problems — but programs in Waldport (and now Toledo) are tackling the issue

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