Federal energy agency asks for public comment on two Oregon coast sites slated for floating offshore wind farms

August 16, 2023

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Most of Oregon’s congressional delegation is hailing what they call a 60-day pause in federal efforts to develop floating offshore wind-energy platforms off the southern Oregon coast. Their comments, made in a letter to the director of the federal agency overseeing wind-energy planning, came after the government identified two draft “wind energy areas” off Coos Bay

New doctors will experience demands of rural medical care during final two years of Samaritan’s coastal residency program

August 15, 2023

NEWPORT – Three new doctors will get a deep dive into the demands of rural health care over the next two years through Samaritan Health Services’ family medicine rural residency program based in Newport. The program’s goal is to create well-trained physicians specializing in family medicine with a focus on caring for an underserved, rural population. A secondary goal

Gray whales that spend summer off the Oregon coast are smaller than Arctic counterparts, OSU researchers find

August 14, 2023

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Gray whales that spend their summers feeding off the coast of Oregon are shorter than their counterparts who travel north to the Arctic for food, new research from Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute shows. Both males and female gray whales in the subgroup known as the Pacific Coast Feeding Group are

After two years of toil, owners open Cafe Chill in downtown Waldport in vastly remodeled video store

August 10, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Diana Buckley finally has the coffee shop that she has been dreaming about. But it’s really more than that. Café Chill is open in the former — but now vastly remodeled — building that once housed Waldport Video and its beloved owner Chuck Hill. After three weeks of a slow rollout, Buckley is expanding

Support at public meeting on tourist trolley encourages Yachats chamber director to keep pursuing idea, grants

August 10, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Maybe there is such a thing as a free ride. At least if the impromptu show of hands during a community meeting Wednesday evening in support of pursuing efforts to bring a tourist-style trolley to Yachats is any indication of broader sentiment. “I was quite surprised by it,” said Bobbi Price, executive director of

Armed with nets, Sharpies and glitter pens, silverspot researchers spend the summer tracking threatened butterfly

August 10, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Izzy Bur kneels on the ground to avoid the brunt of a howling wind that rakes across the salt-spray meadow overlooking the ocean south of Rock Creek. With the fingers of one hand gently grasping the gossamer wings of a butterfly she uses the other to write a number across the tops of its wings, first

NOAA scientists tracking large marine heat wave that’s raised Oregon coastal temperatures by 7 degrees

August 10, 2023

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A large marine heat wave that has developed each of the past four years has scientists watching closely to see how long it lasts and to what extent it could affect the coastal ecosystem and marine life in the coming months. A recent lessening in ocean upwelling – when winds push surface water offshore and

Years-long legal fight over Lincoln County’s vacation rental regulations finally gets court hearing next week

August 9, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews After more than a year of legal wrangling, some decisions may be coming this summer on the legality of Lincoln County’s short-term rental regulations in unincorporated areas. A Lincoln County circuit judge has scheduled two days of hearings next week to hear oral arguments by attorneys for 20 vacation rental owners who filed suit against

Central Coast fire board hires investigator to examine allegations surrounding chief’s response to accident involving wife

August 8, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board voted during a special meeting last week to hire an outside investigator to sort out chief Jamie Mason’s response to a July 2 auto accident involving his wife. The investigation is expected to take 3-4 weeks. Ericka Mason was pulling onto U.S. Highway 101 at North Bayview

SW Lincoln Water district embarks on more than $6 million in pipe, valve upgrades with grants, loans, and rate increase

August 8, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The growing special service district that provides water to 1,400 customers from Yachats to south Waldport is embarking on more than $6 million in infrastructure projects to repair valves and replace miles of deteriorating pipes. While much of the work is being done via grants and low-interest loans, the Southwest Lincoln County Water Public Utility District’s

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Federal energy agency asks for public comment on two Oregon coast sites slated for floating offshore wind farms

New doctors will experience demands of rural medical care during final two years of Samaritan’s coastal residency program

Gray whales that spend summer off the Oregon coast are smaller than Arctic counterparts, OSU researchers find

After two years of toil, owners open Cafe Chill in downtown Waldport in vastly remodeled video store

Support at public meeting on tourist trolley encourages Yachats chamber director to keep pursuing idea, grants

Armed with nets, Sharpies and glitter pens, silverspot researchers spend the summer tracking threatened butterfly

NOAA scientists tracking large marine heat wave that’s raised Oregon coastal temperatures by 7 degrees

Years-long legal fight over Lincoln County’s vacation rental regulations finally gets court hearing next week

Central Coast fire board hires investigator to examine allegations surrounding chief’s response to accident involving wife

SW Lincoln Water district embarks on more than $6 million in pipe, valve upgrades with grants, loans, and rate increase

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 and Central Oregon Coast fire districts consolidation committee meeting

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

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