Churches step up to offer space for first three months of county’s emergency shelter program in Newport

September 7, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County plans to use Newport churches for the first three months to get its fledgling emergency winter shelter program off the ground in October and then hopes to have a permanent site up and running in January. But finding a place to operate a shelter in Lincoln City has been unsuccessful so far, says Jayne

City of Yachats begins to tackle long list of repairs, upgrades to Commons, playground and pavilion

September 7, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats Commons is about to get some much needed and overdue attention to address a backlog of repairs and upgrades. The city’s new community services coordinator, Krystal Geisinger, presented a list of projects that need tending to the Parks & Commons Commission on Tuesday. Commission members commended Geisinger’s list as organized, thorough, concise

Sheriff’s office asks public’s help to find Yachats man missing since late July

September 6, 2023

YACHATS — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a 45-year-old Yachats man who has been missing for more than seven weeks. Deputies in Lincoln and Lane counties have been searching for Dustin Steyding of Yachats, who hasn’t been seen since he left work on July 22. In a news release Tuesday, the sheriff’s office

Yachats trails leader and advocate for Native American truths wins national award from state parks directors

September 5, 2023

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — She’s a self-described “country bumpkin” who hates the spotlight. But Joanne Kittel will have to endure heaps of attention at a Lake Tahoe resort this month when the National Association of State Park Directors presents the Yachats resident with its highest individual honor — the President’s Award. “I was in shock,” Kittel

Late August rainfall and new Southwest Lincoln agreement likely means no September water restrictions in Yachats

September 4, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A good hard rain on the last day of August and a new agreement with a neighboring water district likely means there will be no water restrictions in Yachats this fall despite a very dry last four months. Weather watchers around Yachats recorded nearly a half-inch of rain Thursday, Aug. 31 to help ease the strain

Timber company now seeks to ground spray 473 acres in Beaver Creek watershed, but whether it also uses helicopter is unclear

August 31, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews SEAL ROCK – The timber company approved to spray herbicides by helicopter on 473 acres in the South Beaver Creek watershed has submitted a new notification to conduct ground spraying on the same tracts. The area is the water source for the largest water district in Lincoln County. The notification made Wednesday is what the Seal

With art, crafts, books, music and breakfast, there’s plenty of end-of-summer activities this Labor Day weekend in Yachats

August 31, 2023

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — You don’t have to work hard to find fun this Labor Day weekend. From handmade baked goods to hand-painted art, a pancake breakfast to free, live music and a big book sale, there’s a roster of events to usher out the summer season. Saturday and Sunday Yachats Ladies Club Labor Day Craft Bazaar, 10

Waldport schools welcome new and returning students and teachers during busy back-to-school event

August 31, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Sandi Battles has been working 18 years for this — her first school principalship. She’s been an elementary and middle school teacher in Las Vegas, Clackamas, and Lincoln County, handled special assignments on reading and behavior, and served as an assistant elementary principal in Newport and the last three years at Crestview Heights School.

Yachats Library makes plans for move to Commons and reduced offerings during upcoming construction

August 31, 2023

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — With a $1.09 million makeover coming soon, the Yachats Library has plans in place to keep offering its full range of services almost seamlessly during the transition period. Groundbreaking on the expansion and remodel of the 49-year-old library on West Seventh Street is expected to happen by early fall. Very soon — although the

Waldport Planning Commission gives OK for county’s new animal shelter in industrial area off Crestline Drive

August 29, 2023

WALDPORT – The Waldport Planning Commission has given Lincoln County the green light to proceed with design and construction of its new animal control shelter at Waldport Industrial Park. The commission unanimously approved Monday a conditional use permit for the county to locate the shelter on two acres it bought on Southwest Dahl Avenue next to the Ideal Storage