40,000 voters in Lincoln County being asked to raise lodging taxes on visitors to 530 properties to support parks

October 22, 2023

By Yachats News staff More than 40,000 voters in Lincoln County have an interesting choice in front of them – do they raise taxes on folks other than themselves? That’s the question they face on the ballot they received in the mail – do they vote to increase lodging taxes in unincorporated parts of the county by 20 percent

Advocacy groups warn that clear-cutting near coastal watersheds threatens summertime supply to cities

October 22, 2023

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle By August, residents of Newport were put on mandatory water curtailment due to low stream flows. That same month, the city of Yamhill, 30 miles southwest of Portland, enforced water use restrictions on pools and lawns when Turner Creek, its primary water source, dropped to significantly low levels. The blow of late summer drought

A last minute stop. A walk on the beach. A sneaker wave. A dramatic rescue all unfold on Yachats beach

October 20, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A woman’s stop at the beach to run her dog before hitting the road to the Bay Area turned harrowing Thursday, Oct. 19 when a sneaker wave knocked people down and snatched a small child from her grandmother’s grip and tumbled her below the surface of the Yachats River. Angela Wynia, a 50-year-old physician’s

The new and lone volunteer overseeing Yachats’ only cemetery now seeking help from the community

October 19, 2023

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — It’s enough to make a property developer drool — 14 acres of land with a commanding ocean view sloping east from U.S. Highway 101, backed by towering trees and just a stroll from downtown. But the low sign near the corner of Highway 101 and King Street just across from the Adobe Resort identifies

Your Lincoln County property tax bills have arrived — so be prepared (again) for some sticker shock

October 19, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Property values In Lincoln County increased by 16 percent in the past year – down from a record spike in 2022 but still the second highest increase in the past six years. The increase is reflected in property tax statements — but not necessarily bills — from the Lincoln County assessor’s office being mailed Friday. The

Yachats council debates where to find another interim manager — and then how to attract a permanent one

October 19, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The race to find someone to fill the shoes of the soon-to-be vacant Yachats’ city manager position is in its final stretch, but with less than two weeks to go to fulfill the mandate in the city charter requiring a manager – there is not a candidate in sight. “Our very generous and talented

Lincoln County goes to court to remove Yachats businesswoman’s employee compound in “timber conservation” zone

October 18, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County officials have gone to court seeking a judge’s order to force the removal of four yurts and a travel trailer from a 20-acre property that a Yachats businesswoman is using to house employees and their families. The request for an injunction comes after seven months of back-and-forth between Drift Inn owner Linda Hetzler and

Fondness for fungi drives Yachats’ big mushroom festival — and one local family’s 32-year-old business

October 17, 2023

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews Yachats is in for three days of mushroom mania this weekend as its namesake Mushroom Festival pops up all over town. And while the mix of speakers, food, workshops and walks is once a year, it also includes a family business that’s a permanent part of the local landscape. “This year’s festival is bigger and more

Changing conditions in Arctic Ocean likely cause of three major gray whale die-offs, OSU researcher finds

October 15, 2023

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the 1980s, a new study has found. During each of these die-offs, including one that began in 2019 and is ongoing, the gray whale population was reduced by up to 25 percent over

Heavy clouds obscure annular eclipse along the central Oregon coast — but didn’t keep crowds away

October 14, 2023

YACHATS — Hundreds of visitors and locals gathered along roads, beaches and trails in the Yachats area Saturday morning but were unable to get a view of an unusual annular eclipse because heavy clouds — but no rain — kept the sun and moon hidden from view. There were some partial views of the eclipse in the Willamette Valley

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40,000 voters in Lincoln County being asked to raise lodging taxes on visitors to 530 properties to support parks

Advocacy groups warn that clear-cutting near coastal watersheds threatens summertime supply to cities

A last minute stop. A walk on the beach. A sneaker wave. A dramatic rescue all unfold on Yachats beach

The new and lone volunteer overseeing Yachats’ only cemetery now seeking help from the community

Your Lincoln County property tax bills have arrived — so be prepared (again) for some sticker shock

Yachats council debates where to find another interim manager — and then how to attract a permanent one

Lincoln County goes to court to remove Yachats businesswoman’s employee compound in “timber conservation” zone

Fondness for fungi drives Yachats’ big mushroom festival — and one local family’s 32-year-old business

Changing conditions in Arctic Ocean likely cause of three major gray whale die-offs, OSU researcher finds

Heavy clouds obscure annular eclipse along the central Oregon coast — but didn’t keep crowds away

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