NEWPORT — What better way to source the food or decorative plants that will fill your garden this year than from the Lincoln County Master Gardener Association? The group’s popular annual plant sale will be held in the newly-remodeled 4H barn at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds this Saturday, May 20. There will be more […]
Archives for May 2023
Yachats commission denies variance for small building along Yachats Ocean Road
YACHATS – The Yachats Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to deny a variance request by a homeowner along Yachats Ocean Road to build a 780-square-foot structure within 20 feet of the street. Richard Henkens Jr. owns a house and a triangular piece of property at 550 Yachats Ocean Road that intersects with U.S. Highway 101. […]
Oregon governor and legislative leaders get good news Wednesday with robust revenue forecast
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers will have more money available for state spending, taxpayers are due record credits on their 2023 returns, and the state school fund will get a record amount from excess corporate income taxes. State economists delivered that news Wednesday, May 17, to members of the House and Senate revenue […]
Marine reserve researchers deploy sensors to see how water temperature and oxygen levels affect ocean life
By MARK FREEMAN/ODFW News Service NEWPORT – Ocean monitoring in Oregon’s five marine reserves is trying to unlock secrets about temperatures and oxygen levels known to impact groundfish and invertebrate activities, create stresses on ecosystems and even alter sport anglers’ catches. Some of the data go back two decades at what is now the […]
New rules by Gov. Kotek will require Oregon’s marijuana dispensaries to prove they paid taxes
Sol Sisters Farms in Independence grew marijuana for recreational use. (Oregon Department of Agriculture) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Cannabis companies will need to prove they’ve paid their state taxes to receive licenses under new rules announced Tuesday. The new policy requested by Gov. Tina Kotek will require marijuana dispensaries to provide certificates […]
Two Port of Alsea incumbents fend off challengers critical of port operations; Seal Rock fire levy passes
Voters in the sprawling Port of Alsea district kept the current five-member board intact Tuesday, re-electing two commissioners to office over two challengers who had been highly critical of operations and its manager. With 97 percent of ballots counted countywide as of Wednesday evening, Port of Alsea commission chair Rob Bishop of Waldport, who has […]
Siletz woman and son fined and sentenced for killing two bear cubs last October
By the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife SILETZ — Poachers who shot two bear cubs near Siletz last October must pay $15,000 in damages, lost hunting privileges for three years and will be on bench probation for 60 months, according to Lincoln County Court documents. Gail F. Freer, 52, and her son, Corey D. […]
Lincoln City residents help police catch and subdue graffiti vandals Monday
Downloadable file: Graffiti_Spree_Photo.jpg On Monday, May 15, 2023, at about 6:10 PM, LCPD Officers were dispatched to Lock & Key Adventurer’s Guild, located at 3026 NE Highway 101 on a reported graffiti call that turned into a physical disturbance. As officers were responding, updated information was that victims had chased the suspect to the area behind […]
YachatsNews hires Garret Jaros as its new full-time reporter
Garret Jaros, who has worked at and written for a wide variety of newspapers in Oregon and Colorado, is YachatsNews’ newest full-time reporter Jaros replaces Kenneth Lipp, who left April 21 to become the public information officer for Lincoln County. Jaros comes to Yachats from the Durango (Colo.) Herald. Jaros grew up in Eugene, attended […]
Curry County’s computer system ‘starting from scratch’ after ransomware attack
By JANE VAUGHN/Jefferson Public Radio Curry County in southern Oregon is struggling to function after a ransomware attack left it unable to access any of its digital information including any of its online files and email. “Everything that relates to county operations that was online is now gone. So our computers have to be completely […]