By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. listened to presentations by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research biologists and toured one of its research vessels Saturday at the Hatfield Marine Science Center. The one-hour stop was a show of support organized by various Newport and Lincoln County officials as they begin a […]
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In initial evaluation of first-year superintendent, Lincoln County school board very pleased with Tolan’s performance
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Lincoln County School District board says it is “extremely pleased” with the performance of superintendent Majalise Tolan who will complete her first year in the position in July. The five-member board released a general statement about its evaluation during its regular monthly meeting last week in Waldport. The statement came […]
Short on staff and full of dogs and cats, Lincoln County animal shelter awaits hires and 2025 move to Waldport
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Two-year-old Texas has been passed over by a few potential adopters during his six-month stay at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter. It is not for lack of putting his best paw forward – he always does that – and then some. Which staff acknowledges may be what has left him […]
Speaker tells Lincoln County economic conference that rural America isn’t declining, just changing
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Ben Winchester may have been dialing in from Minnesota, but he had a clear message for 75 people attending the 2024 Lincoln County Economic Summit on Thursday – rural communities aren’t dying, they’re just changing. They always have. They always will. There is no brain drain, said Winchester, a rural sociologist […]
Delivery, addressing and staffing problems continue to plague Yachats Post Office despite congressional questions
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The U.S. Postal Service has ended the Waldport postmaster’s oversight of the Yachats Post Office, but staffing and addressing issues continue to bedevil the operation. Waldport postmaster Tamara Hamilton, who stepped into the role of officer in charge of the Yachats post office after postmaster Chanda Kowitz left the […]
Ceremonial ribbon cutting Monday heralds opening of second motel-to-apartment project in Lincoln County
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews The newest chapter of an effort that began as a way to provide housing for wildfire victims and Covid-19 sufferers opens Monday with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting in Newport. The 1:30 p.m. gathering will mark the official opening of “Nate’s Place” – now refashioned from a former motel as a 33-unit facility […]
Oregon’s congressional delegation asks federal help for January storm damage in Lincoln, 10 other counties
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle In a rare show of unity, all eight members of Oregon’s congressional delegation urged the White House to declare a major disaster in Oregon following the devastating January ice storm that killed 17 people and pummeled much of the state. The appeal to President Joe Biden by both Democrats and […]
Lincoln County’s two legislators pleased with speed, compromises — and results — of just-completed short session
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The two legislators who represent Lincoln County in Salem are pleased with the results of the recently completed short, off-year session that concluded last week. They credit a smaller and more focused agenda, court rulings that punished Republican senators who in 2023 were able to derail much of the work by […]
40 years after 17-year-old Kelly Disney’s disappearance, sister and investigators still seek answers and justice
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT — It’s been 40 years since Angela Dodd’s sister mysteriously disappeared off the streets of Newport. And that’s why she felt it was important to come to the coast from Prineville last weekend. “I just needed to be here,” said Dodds, 53. “Your sister is supposed to be your best […]
Chief deputy and Newport defense attorney jump into Lincoln County DA’s race after Danforth withdraws
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews It looks like there will be a primary election contest between two lawyers seeking a now-open Lincoln County district attorney’s position and a crowded field hoping to win one county commission seat. In a surprise move Friday, Lanee Danforth, who was elected as Lincoln County’s district attorney in 2020 and spent […]