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Waldport council schedules special meeting Thursday

May 16, 2025
WALDPORT – The Waldport City Council has scheduled a special meeting for Thursday, May 22 at the community center. The 4 p.m. meeting will begin with the council’s regular monthly meeting which had been postponed May 8 because of concerns about clashes between groups who had planned to attend. One group has formed to support mayor Heide Lambert, who was

Judge rules Thursday that Waldport council must reinstate Lambert as mayor; city may appeal or try to move case to federal court

May 8, 2025
By GARRET JAROS and QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle WALDPORT — Lincoln County’s presiding judge ruled Thursday that the Waldport city council had to reinstate Heide Lambert as mayor until there is time to decide whether her removal last month was legal. The order by circuit judge Sheryl Bachart came one day after Lambert’s attorney asked the court to review the

Waldport council cancels its Thursday meeting after DA declines to prosecute former mayor for disorderly conduct

May 8, 2025
By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle WALDPORT — The Waldport city council canceled its scheduled monthly meeting Thursday afternoon, saying it could not ensure the public’s “safety and security” after the Lincoln County district attorney dropped a disorderly conduct charge against former Waldport mayor Heide Lambert for her actions at an April meeting. “We have been informed by the district attorney

Waldport council issues letter on its decision to remove mayor from office

April 10, 2025
To the editor: From the Waldport City Council to our fellow citizens. How and why did the City Council remove its mayor without a recall? What happened to make this drastic action necessary? We believe you deserve answers to your questions and concerns. First, let’s put one issue aside – this was not planned. Many on our council had worked

Waldport council evaluates manager, trims raise and seeks better communication

December 19, 2024
WALDPORT – City manager Dann Cutter received praise for doing a good job from the Waldport city council during his annual review last week, and a 5 percent pay raise with the caveat that it includes his annual cost-of-living adjustment. Before being hired as city manager in March 2020, Cutter served on the planning commission from 2000-2006, on the council

Waldport Beachcomber Days leaders, supporters blast city allegations as group works to answer questions

November 19, 2024
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT — The normally empty parking lot packed with cars prior to the Waldport city council meeting last week and a standing-room only chamber swelled by Waldport Beachcomber Days volunteers signaled something was in the air. The public comment portion kicking off Thursday’s meeting began amicably enough with Beachcomber volunteer Jason Vorderbrueggen reading a statement

“Community” is the common theme by the six candidates for Waldport mayor and city council positions

October 22, 2024
Garret Jaros Garret Jaros By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The common thread woven into the campaign cloth of candidates running for mayor and city council seats in Waldport is community. Whether in the voter pamphlet statements of the four candidates running for three council seats or in statements and interviews with the two mayoral candidates ­– community is the