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Waldport/Yachats contract for sheriff’s deputies inches closer to agreement — but commissioners want to pin down cost

June 6, 2024
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Whether Yachats will have a dedicated Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy in the upcoming year – tied to Waldport receiving a significant discount if it continues with its two-deputy contract – remains an open question. Lincoln County commissioners, who must approve any agreement, deferred making a decision at their Wednesday meeting after listening to a presentation by

Lincoln County dispute over deputy contracts likely resolved for one year as sheriff agrees to absorb added costs

May 23, 2024
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County officials believe they have resolved – for one year at least — a dispute that broke into the public view last week over sheriff deputy contracts in Waldport and Yachats. The result – if county commissioners approve a proposal from Sheriff Curtis Landers next month – will have Waldport and Yachats splitting the cost

Waldport council OKs seeking contractor to install specialty (and costly) playground surface at Southworth Park

May 13, 2024
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The city of Waldport is taking another small but expensive step to develop the playground centerpiece of Louis Southworth Park. The city council last week authorized city manager Dann Cutter to seek contractors to purchase and install a surface specially designed to go underneath a massive playground structure in the center of the new

Waldport orders massive playground structure for new Southworth Park, but will need volunteers to prepare and erect it

November 2, 2023
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Thirteen months after winning a $750,000 grant to help develop a 12-acre park in the middle of downtown, the city of Waldport is ordering the first piece of equipment for it. The city council voted Thursday to spend $413,000 to order a 100-by-100-foot playground structure intended to be the centerpiece of the park bordered

Waldport stages ceremonial groundbreaking at Louis Southworth Park with the hope to begin work by late summer

July 3, 2023
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – More than 125 people and a slew of dignitaries turned out Monday for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the city’s new Louis Southworth Park, with the hope that work will start this summer on the $1 million project. Speakers reminded attendees of Southworth’s contributions to the community 140 years ago and how fitting it was