By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com European green crabs are by no means strangers to Oregon’s coastal waters. The voracious and habitat-destroying invasive species has been found in crab pots here, particularly […]
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City of Waldport and Central Oregon Coast Fire district may be close to an agreement on new fire station lease
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – A once acrimonious back-and-forth between the city of Waldport and Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue district over the future of the main fire […]
Lincoln County election lineups set for May 17 primary, including crowded fields for two commission positions
There will be at least two new faces in Lincoln County government next year, after filings for the May 17 primary election closed Tuesday evening. Five men are seeking […]
Programs and projects in Lincoln County get $11.3 million from 2022 Legislature; school district regains $846,000 a year
Lincoln County infrastructure projects and a local program to set up a response system to help the homeless received a total of $11.35 million in funding from the Oregon […]
Siletz tribal members in southern Oregon are leading the effort to revive and spread word of the native Kalapuyan language
By MYERS REECE/Underscore.news On a drizzly January morning, Esther Stutzman’s dining room table is covered with sticky notes, worksheets, notepads and several bulky Kalapuya dictionaries. Seated next to Stutzman […]
Seal Rock Fire board wants to offer chief’s job to Ewing, loses two firefighters and board member and decides to keep negotiating with COCF&R
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – The Seal Rock Fire District board wants to offer the part-time consultant who has been helping the district since October a two-year contract […]
Still wrestling with staffing issues, new Yachats manager again asks for public’s patience with city hall closure
YACHATS – Yachats city manager Heide Lambert is again asking for patience from the public when it comes to dealing with city hall. Lambert, who started as city manager […]
Another long discussion by Yachats council on repairs to Little Log Church ends with 3-2 vote to seek bids for plans — and more frustration
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats City Council voted 3-2 Thursday to seek bids for a structural engineering report so it can get estimates for possible repairs to […]
From Division 1 basketball to top tier real estate to coaching in Waldport, teaching has always been job No. 1 for Yachats’ D.J. Novgrod
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com One winter day at Yachats’ social hub (the Post Office), a well-known local realtor ran into an acquaintance. “I’ve retired from real estate,” she announced “and […]
Lawyers in Lincoln County vacation rental lawsuit make their arguments on whether Measure 21-203 should be allowed to take effect
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT – After hearing two hours of arguments Wednesday, a Lincoln County circuit judge said she would wait until later this month to rule on whether she […]