By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle Eighteen pantries across Lincoln County that distribute food to people in need may see 40 percent less food from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after […]
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Beautification volunteers and rock shop owner combine to create unusual, tiny park in downtown Yachats
By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — What’s the story with the big pink rock and the new benches at the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and West Fourth Street? […]
Welcome to our renamed website! The focus remains on news of Lincoln County, just more for you
By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle Welcome to a renamed website – formerly YachatsNews and now called Lincoln Chronicle. But really, not much is changing except a new masthead and […]
Three rangers at Yaquina Head Natural Area get their jobs back — but still aren’t allowed to work
By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – Four Bureau of Land Management employees fired suddenly and without notice at Yaquina Head last month have been offered their jobs back. Three […]
It’s just practice — but local law enforcement spent the week training for the unimaginable school shooting
By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT — Clad with bullet proof vests, safety glasses, modified handguns and assault rifles, police officers and sheriff’s deputies carefully step in unison as they […]
Addition of doctor to Lincoln County’s winter shelter helps homeless with with short- and long-term ailments
By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/YachatsNews NEWPORT — When Charles Stuebner is sleeping outside, he usually finds a place along the beach, forming a makeshift bed on the sand and laying a […]
Artist and educator Debbie Aken of Yachats used her creative passion to help and motivate rural students
Second in a three-part series By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — Rare is the artist who can make a living from creative expression. Just as rare, possibly, is […]
COCF&R board says it will need to lay off three firefighters and one administrator if levy fails May 20
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Union firefighters at Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue were given notice last week that potential layoffs loom for the cash-strapped agency. The layoffs […]
Newport center opens months’ worth of art classes for adults and children, and then summer camps
By Oregon Coast TODAY Art you ready to learn something new? A fresh season of arts learning opportunities at the Newport Visual Arts Center kicks off in April with […]
Lincoln City’s spring break Festival of Illusions brings back five of the top acts in its 13 year history
By Oregon Coast TODAY Are you feeling lucky? This year’s Festival of Illusions will be the Lincoln City Cultural Center’s 13th, and while some might not consider that number […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Say hello to Jim Matts when you see him picking litter along Highway 20
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/Lincoln Chronicle Jim Matts is a 73-year-old with the energy of a 25-year-old and can be seen almost every day picking up bottles, cans and trash along […]
