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June rainfall was one of lowest on record for the Oregon coast

July 2, 2025

Yes, June was dry – as a drought declaration by Lincoln County commissioners made clear Wednesday. Yachats-area weather watchers for Lincoln Chronicle say the rainfall in June was one of the lowest in their records, as evidenced by stream levels that are currently at August levels. Near downtown Yachats, Adam Altson recorded 1.12 inches of rain in June, his second

The long Independence Day weekend for local residents and thousands of visitors begins Thursday in Waldport and ends Sunday in Yachats

July 1, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO and CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle The motels and vacation rentals are booked. The campgrounds are full. Hamburgers and hotdogs are ready for the grill. The weather forecast is good. Everything is as ready as possible for the thousands of visitors expected to swarm the central Oregon coast for the long July 4th holiday. Many of those visitors

Oregon cities clash with travel industry whether tourism taxes should pay for wear and tear on destinations

June 18, 2025

By JAMES NEFF/Oregon Journalism Project Every summer, more than two million tourists stream into Seaside, as relentless and predictable as the tides. They spend mountains of money, for sure, but they also wear out the streets, stress emergency medical services and water rescue, and leave behind several thousand tons of trash. Seaside mayor Steve Wright doesn’t have the money

Waldport opens dog area at new Southworth Park and playground unveiling could be just weeks away

June 16, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle WALDPORT – There is tail-wagging relief for the four-legged community and their two-legged owners with the opening of the new dog park at Louis Southworth Park. Two-year-old Phoenix, just days into being adopted, bounded with unleashed enthusiasm last week that inevitably led to a lot of sniffing before the arrival of Sadie. While 4-year-old Sadie

Oregon got a massive $422 million federal grant after 2020 wildfires. Most of the money remains unspent

June 3, 2025

By NIGEL JAQUISS/Oregon Journalism Project Nearly four years after Congress approved a mammoth disaster relief grant to help Oregonians recover from the destructive 2020 wildfires, records show that more than 90 percent of the money remains unspent, even as hundreds of families await relief. “It has been incredibly frustrating for the communities that were affected,” says Rep. Pam Marsh,

Coast tourism officials say loss of Canadian visitors because of Trump’s rhetoric will hurt this summer

May 29, 2025

By DANA TIMS/Lincoln Chronicle Curtis Allen spent considerable time earlier this year planning what he expected would be his next “great trip” to the central Oregon coast. Allen, who lives about four hours outside Vancouver, British Columbia, had already contacted a number of friends and, accompanied by a bevy of dogs loaded into cars and campers, were all set

Oregon State Parks officials soon deciding fate of 150-year-old “Yaquina Muscle Tree” in Newport

May 27, 2025

By KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Anyone driving into Yaquina Bay State Recreation Area will see a majestic Sitka spruce standing in the middle of the road, overlooking the ocean. It’s known as the Yaquina Muscle Tree, because its beefy branches stick out like a flexing bodybuilder. For generations, people have gotten married next to it, taken graduation

25-year plan for Yachats Commons/city center area takes shape, now heads to commission and council

May 26, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS – Designing a vision of what a Yachats civic campus might look like 25 years into the future is not easy but after months of synthesizing community comments and ideas there’s a draft of a final plan. “It was challenging, I’ll be honest,” said principal designer Shelby Scharen before the start of a May

Yachats’ proposed 2025-26 budget rising 14 percent as multiple long-planned city projects get under way

May 22, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS – If the city of Yachats’ proposed 2025-26 budget were a person they would be wearing a hard hat and boots and working from dawn to dusk on a laundry list of capital improvement projects. The nearly $8.86 million spending proposal reflects the city’s movement on a litany of long-term plans and is $1.1

Nurses union, 3 lawmakers urge Samaritan Health not to close maternity units in Lincoln City, Lebanon

May 22, 2025

By LYNNE TERRY/The Lund Report Dozens of residents and health care professionals held a last-minute rally called by the Oregon Nurses Association on Wednesday in Corvallis over the specter of Samaritan Health Services closing maternity centers at its hospitals in Lincoln City and Lebanon They gathered mid-day outside a Samaritan building in Corvallis an hour before board members were

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June rainfall was one of lowest on record for the Oregon coast

The long Independence Day weekend for local residents and thousands of visitors begins Thursday in Waldport and ends Sunday in Yachats

Oregon cities clash with travel industry whether tourism taxes should pay for wear and tear on destinations

Waldport opens dog area at new Southworth Park and playground unveiling could be just weeks away

Oregon got a massive $422 million federal grant after 2020 wildfires. Most of the money remains unspent

Coast tourism officials say loss of Canadian visitors because of Trump’s rhetoric will hurt this summer

Oregon State Parks officials soon deciding fate of 150-year-old “Yaquina Muscle Tree” in Newport

25-year plan for Yachats Commons/city center area takes shape, now heads to commission and council

Yachats’ proposed 2025-26 budget rising 14 percent as multiple long-planned city projects get under way

Nurses union, 3 lawmakers urge Samaritan Health not to close maternity units in Lincoln City, Lebanon

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

Public & Legal Notices

LEGAL NOTICE: Seal Rock Fire District and East Lincoln County Fire District

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A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD