By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County officials are on an aggressive timeline to set up a winter emergency shelter program for the homeless within the next two months, seeking someone to manage the effort and working with other organizations to coordinate services. But the effort faces issues with finding the right buildings in Newport and […]
Archives for July 2023
Hikers find body Tuesday in remote campsite along Yachats River
YACHATS – Lincoln County Search & Rescue crews recovered the body Tuesday of a person found by hikers in a remote campsite along the Yachats River. In a news release, the sheriff’s office said the body had been “exposed to the environment for a prolonged period” and that they had made a tentative identification. The […]
Waldport-based hiking group aims to get people together to socialize and explore the many coastal trails
By BARBARA B. COVELL/Oregon Coast TODAY WALDPORT — Part of what lures people to the Oregon coast is the bounty of recreational opportunities. Both water and land based activities offer excitement, beauty and challenges. For many it is the hiking and walking trails that bring peace of mind, measured exercise and photographic moments to […]
Newport library offering a full day of activities Saturday ranging from “human” books to music to authors
By Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — A truly event-full day is happening at the Newport Public Library on Saturday, July 29, where you can enjoy music at Literacy Park, participate in a community art project, explore Oregon’s Dino-Story exhibit, enjoy food from a local food truck, visit vendors, listen to local authors and even […]
Voters in Yachats fire district will be asked in November to renew 61-cent tax levy
YACHATS — One year after approving a new, larger tax levy for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District, voters in the district will get a chance to renew a second one. The district’s board voted 3-0 Monday – two members were absent — to ask voters to renew a 61 cent levy in November that […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate continues slow decline in June
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate continues to decline slowly but is still significantly higher than the statewide or national rates. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Lincoln County was 4.3 percent in June, down from 4.6 percent in May. It was 4.9 percent in June 2022. Oregon’s statewide unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in June, and […]
Siletz tribal member’s hunt for native foods is also a quest to change 40-year-old Oregon law
By BRIAN BULL/KLCC EUGENE — In a tall, grassy field in West Eugene, a small group of Native Americans dig for camas bulbs, one of their traditional foods. In the setting sunlight as traffic passes by in the distance, there are moments of discovery … and of regret. “There they are,” said Joe Scott, examining […]
Forest Service OKs heavy equipment in south coast wilderness area to fight 20,000-acre wildfire
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The U.S. Forest Service granted permission Sunday for fire crews to use heavy equipment in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness to fight the 20,000-acre Flat Fire. Any motorized equipment normally is banned in federal wilderness areas and even fighting fires on landscapes protected by the 1964 Wilderness Act has been a […]
Oregon state Treasurer Read prepares to enter secretary of state race
State Treasurer Tobias Read, pictured at a May rally against higher education budget cuts, plans to run for secretary of state. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon state Treasurer Tobias Read plans to run for secretary of state next year, he confirmed Monday. Read, a former state representative from Beaverton who sought the […]
Yachats’ boardwalk project on Ocean View Drive deserves to be fast-tracked
To the editor: This letter is a copy of one I sent to the Yachats city council in support of fast-tracked construction of the boardwalk and viewing deck (known as the Bay Boardwalk), to be sited facing the beautiful Yachats Bay along Ocean View Drive. My involvement with this project began as an Oregon Parks […]