Yachats council declines to pick a new city manager and will re-start the search process in January

October 12, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – After months of searching followed by extensive interviews that involved many in the community – the Yachats city council decided Thursday not to hire anyone for the soon-to-be vacant city manager position. “After a rigorous evaluation that included input from the public, expert panels, local leader panels (and) staff, we have decided that

After court rulings on non-unanimous jury verdicts, a third Lincoln County trial set for man in Seal Rock sex abuse case

October 12, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A new trial – his third – has been set for early next year for a Seal Rock man whose 2019 conviction on 13 sex-related charges was sent back for re-trial by the Oregon Court of Appeals. A July re-trial in Lincoln County circuit court of Lawson R. Rankin ended with a “hung jury” when 12

Yachats residents listen, quiz and then weigh in Monday night on preferences for new city manager

October 11, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Candidates for the Yachats city manager job put their best foot forward at a public forum Monday night as they answered a gamut of questions from community members. Seventy people turned out to participate in roundtable discussions that had the three finalists for the job rotating between three groups to field questions before participants

OSU researchers will lead federal study on coastal residents’ attitudes toward offshore wind farms

October 10, 2023

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A team of Oregon State University researchers were recently awarded $2.5 million to study the attitudes and feelings coastal residents have about potential offshore wind energy projects. In August, officials from the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management identified two areas off the Oregon coast near Coos Bay and Brookings that they said would

Yikes! A $1,866 water and sewer bill? Yachats resident asks — and gets — some relief from whopping charge

October 9, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – One Yachats man was more than a little surprised when he opened his August water bill expecting the usual $120 to $135 charge but found instead a bill for $1,866. It was not the first anomaly on Stephen Isaac’s combined water and sewer bill. In May he received a bill for $876. That bill

Bend attorney goes back to his roots with purchase and big restoration project of 64 acres in upper Tenmile Creek

October 5, 2023

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Those bow hunting trips Roger Worthington took with his dad to the Tenmile Creek area south of Yachats decades ago planted seeds that are reshaping the landscape for perhaps centuries to come. Worthington, now a highly successful lawyer and founder of a number of Bend-area businesses, is the newest partner in an ongoing effort to restore

State fire investigators unable to determine cause of massive blaze that destroyed Ziggurat house

October 5, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The cause of the July fire that engulfed the Ziggurat house just north of Tenmile Creek remains a mystery after an investigation by state fire officials was unable to find its source. “Undetermined” was the official declaration by the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s office for the July 6 blaze that destroyed the top two floors

Yachats council sets busy schedule for city manager candidates, hopes to make a decision Thursday

October 5, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – While there is no guarantee one of the three candidates vying for the Yachats’ city manager position will be offered a job next week, there is no doubt they will be put through the paces presenting their cases. “We have some very well-structured panels that will be asking questions,” Mayor Craig Berdie said at

Lincoln County’s emergency management director resigns, one week after being placed on administrative leave

October 5, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Virginia “Jenny” Demaris, who had worked as Lincoln County’s emergency manager since 2011, resigned from her position Wednesday, one week after being placed on administrative leave. County officials would not comment on the reasons for her departure, The county’s emergency management department operates under the sheriff’s office. In a three-sentence email to affected agencies late Wednesday, Lt.

Late September rain and deluge this week is enough for city to ease water restrictions in Yachats

October 4, 2023

YACHATS – The Yachats area received the second-most rainfall in 15 years in September and coupled with steady rain Monday and Tuesday proved to be enough to ease city water restrictions. The Yachats city council decided Thursday to end the city’s phase 1 water restrictions. After a heavy late-September rainstorm and another downpour early this week, Yachats water supervisor

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Yachats council declines to pick a new city manager and will re-start the search process in January

After court rulings on non-unanimous jury verdicts, a third Lincoln County trial set for man in Seal Rock sex abuse case

Yachats residents listen, quiz and then weigh in Monday night on preferences for new city manager

OSU researchers will lead federal study on coastal residents’ attitudes toward offshore wind farms

Yikes! A $1,866 water and sewer bill? Yachats resident asks — and gets — some relief from whopping charge

Bend attorney goes back to his roots with purchase and big restoration project of 64 acres in upper Tenmile Creek

State fire investigators unable to determine cause of massive blaze that destroyed Ziggurat house

Yachats council sets busy schedule for city manager candidates, hopes to make a decision Thursday

Lincoln County’s emergency management director resigns, one week after being placed on administrative leave

Late September rain and deluge this week is enough for city to ease water restrictions in Yachats

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