There’s no Bronny James in these parts, but Yachats — and maybe Waldport soon — is installing defibrillators around town

July 27, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews When – not if – someone in the Yachats Commons has a cardiac arrest they now have a better chance at survival thanks to a recently-installed defibrillator in the hallway outside the multipurpose room. And there will be four more placed soon in city facilities – and maybe even one in a downtown Yachats business to

Threatened snowy plovers having a very successful nesting season — so far — on the central Oregon coast

July 27, 2023

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Lincoln County’s narrow beaches can make life difficult for western snowy plovers, those diminutive, long-endangered birds that nest in small crevices along the sand. Take last year, for instance. Volunteers counted a total of 29 nests scattered between Newport and Yachats. After torrential rains hit in June, during peak nesting season, only five surviving nests produced

Lincoln County racing to open its first emergency homeless shelters by October, but faces hurdles with staffing, locations

July 27, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County officials are on an aggressive timeline to set up a winter emergency shelter program for the homeless within the next two months, seeking someone to manage the effort and working with other organizations to coordinate services. But the effort faces issues with finding the right buildings in Newport and Lincoln City to house the

Voters in Yachats fire district will be asked in November to renew 61-cent tax levy

July 26, 2023

YACHATS — One year after approving a new, larger tax levy for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District, voters in the district will get a chance to renew a second one. The district’s board voted 3-0 Monday – two members were absent — to ask voters to renew a 61 cent levy in November that it has relied on since

Siletz tribal member’s hunt for native foods is also a quest to change 40-year-old Oregon law

July 25, 2023

By BRIAN BULL/KLCC EUGENE — In a tall, grassy field in West Eugene, a small group of Native Americans dig for camas bulbs, one of their traditional foods. In the setting sunlight as traffic passes by in the distance, there are moments of discovery … and of regret. “There they are,” said Joe Scott, examining a shovel load of dirt.

After a week in the sand, 16-ton cabin cruiser removed Saturday from the beach south of Newport

July 22, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Empress is off the beach – and in Toledo for inspection and repairs. Crews from Coastal Towing & Salvage of Ilwaco, Wash. used an excavator, crane and special trailer Saturday to get the 41-foot, 16-ton cabin cruiser off the beach at Lost Creek state recreation site seven miles south of Newport. Getting plucked from the

After completing two housing studies, Yachats seeks third grant to help find short- and long-term solutions

July 20, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The data has been collected, potential solutions sorted, and now the recommendations – short and long-term — have been made on how to possibly help Yachats correct some affordable housing issues. The recommendations will need more community conversations and even the simplest will not be easy to implement, so the Planning Commission wants the

ODFW lowers fall Chinook salmon limits on mid-coast streams starting Aug. 1, but coho catches likely OK again

July 20, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews After two years of higher catch limits, Oregon’s fishery managers are cutting back on Chinook salmon harvests in bays and rivers along the central coast starting next month because of deteriorating ocean conditions. The only bright spot for central coast streams is that coho salmon – which are listed as endangered by the federal government –

With a coin flip to break a 2-2 tie, winner Barry Collins is sworn in as Yachats’ newest city council member

July 20, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Choosing a new city council member came down to a coin toss at Yachats’ city council meeting Wednesday after four current members were split on which of two applicants was the best fit. The mayor and three councilors wrote their votes on pieces of paper and passed them to deputy city recorder Kimmie Jackson,

Lincoln County voters will decide in November whether to raise lodging tax by 20 percent to support park operations, maintenance

July 19, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to ask voters to increase lodging taxes in unincorporated parts of the county by 20 percent to provide additional money for park operations and improvements. If approved by all county voters Nov. 7, the room tax rate for motels and vacation rentals would be 12 percent, an increase of two

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There’s no Bronny James in these parts, but Yachats — and maybe Waldport soon — is installing defibrillators around town

Threatened snowy plovers having a very successful nesting season — so far — on the central Oregon coast

Lincoln County racing to open its first emergency homeless shelters by October, but faces hurdles with staffing, locations

Voters in Yachats fire district will be asked in November to renew 61-cent tax levy

Siletz tribal member’s hunt for native foods is also a quest to change 40-year-old Oregon law

After a week in the sand, 16-ton cabin cruiser removed Saturday from the beach south of Newport

After completing two housing studies, Yachats seeks third grant to help find short- and long-term solutions

ODFW lowers fall Chinook salmon limits on mid-coast streams starting Aug. 1, but coho catches likely OK again

With a coin flip to break a 2-2 tie, winner Barry Collins is sworn in as Yachats’ newest city council member

Lincoln County voters will decide in November whether to raise lodging tax by 20 percent to support park operations, maintenance

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