Ready to try clamming? Just follow these intrepid coastal foragers to discover the mud, the fun — and the rewards

June 29, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT — With garden rakes and mesh bags in hand, the small band of foragers set off through the low-tide muck of Yaquina Bay. Meredith Howell of Yachats along with her son, Graham Shields, and friends Leni Ament and Roberta Porter, step gingerly to avoid slipping in the ooze that sucks at their shoes. They make

Waldport gets a jump on Independence Day celebration with Monday night fireworks

June 29, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – It takes a team to put on Waldport’s fireworks display Monday night. And the leader of that team, says preparation, timing and safety is everything. So when 320 fireworks go off for 25 minutes without a hitch starting at 10 p.m. Monday, Rick Booth and his team of seven helpers will be pleased.

Under new rate structure, Dahl Disposal customers this fall will be able to recycle food waste with their yard debris

June 29, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Customers of Dahl Disposal Service will have the option to recycle food-waste with yard debris this fall — but rates will increase starting next week. The Toledo-based company, which has 7,500 customers in Yachats, Waldport, Siletz, Toledo and unincorporated Lincoln County, joins the two other county sanitation companies that already offer curbside-collection of food scraps with

Longtime Lincoln County sheriff’s employee who left last year for DA’s detective position returning as patrol deputy

June 29, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A former Lincoln County sheriff’s detective who moved into a similar position with the district attorney’s office last year under great controversy is returning to the sheriff’s office July 1 as a patrol deputy. Abby Dorsey worked in the sheriff’s office for 23 years as a corrections deputy, patrol deputy, sergeant and as a detective before resigning

Despite late start and low prices, Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet will end 2022-23 season with a near-record catch

June 28, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet is winding down a banner year – one nearly for the record books in fact. With little more than a month to go before the close of the season it is doubtful this season’s catch, just north of 31 million pounds, will break the record of 33.7 million pounds landed during the

OSU study of whales off central Oregon coast finds they’re eating millions of microplastics and fibers each day

June 27, 2023

By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service NEWPORT — Oregon State University researchers estimate that gray whales feeding off the Oregon coast consume up to 21 million microparticles per day, a finding informed in part by poop from the whales. Microparticle pollution includes microplastics and other human-sourced materials, including fibers from clothing. The finding, just published in the journal Frontiers in Marine

A Yachats woman discovers the support of a community with the death of her husband and search for beloved cat

June 26, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yes, it can appear trivial. Even Marty Woodruff agrees. But not when you learn about her past two years. After that, please be on the lookout for her cat, Charles. Most of all, Woodruff says, relish the community where you live. Let’s start at the beginning. Marty and Nathan Woodruff married in 2006, moved

Federal agency considering sea otter re-introduction on the Oregon coast wraps up eight public open houses

June 23, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Federal wildlife officials floating the idea of returning sea otters to the Oregon coast in an effort to re-establish their historic range are also hoping they might help combat the devastation sea urchins are reaping on the underwater ecosystem. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notes there is currently a 900 mile gap in sea otter

Week No. 4 of YachatsNews’ local fundraising campaign: With your donations we want to do more and better

June 22, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews This week on YachatsNews you can read about the long-awaited work by Yachats volunteers and the city to finally get two small “pocket parks” underway. Or about actions taken by city councils in Waldport and Yachats, or scenes from Waldport’s big Beachcomber Days event. There are also stories about Lincoln County government – an email phishing scheme

Lincoln County loses more than $100,000 in scam that used fake invoices for OSU work; FBI investigating

June 22, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The FBI is investigating a computer fraud that cost Lincoln County more than $100,000 after an employee paid invoices thought to be for Oregon State University but instead ended up in a scammer’s bank account somewhere else. The fake OSU invoices were paid Jan. 27, but the fraud was not discovered until April when OSU asked

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Ready to try clamming? Just follow these intrepid coastal foragers to discover the mud, the fun — and the rewards

Waldport gets a jump on Independence Day celebration with Monday night fireworks

Under new rate structure, Dahl Disposal customers this fall will be able to recycle food waste with their yard debris

Longtime Lincoln County sheriff’s employee who left last year for DA’s detective position returning as patrol deputy

Despite late start and low prices, Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet will end 2022-23 season with a near-record catch

OSU study of whales off central Oregon coast finds they’re eating millions of microplastics and fibers each day

A Yachats woman discovers the support of a community with the death of her husband and search for beloved cat

Federal agency considering sea otter re-introduction on the Oregon coast wraps up eight public open houses

Week No. 4 of YachatsNews’ local fundraising campaign: With your donations we want to do more and better

Lincoln County loses more than $100,000 in scam that used fake invoices for OSU work; FBI investigating

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