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Group of Yachats residents still show up every Saturday, four years after first protest of George Floyd’s killing
This story was originally published on YachatsNews.com and is used with permission. At 10 a.m. every Saturday for four years a collection of Yachats-area residents grab homemade signs and stand along U.S. Highway 101 in the center of town to ask people to become more racially aware. They wave to...
Oregon Coast Aquarium unveils new touch pool in renovated Rocky Coast gallery
The Oregon Coast Aquarium has unveiled another renovation, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday, the Newport aquarium officially opened its Rocky Coast gallery (formerly known as Rocky Shores), home of its popular touch pool, where visitors can gently prod intertidal creatures like sea stars, urchins and anemones.
Spring plant spectacular
Enthusiastic gardeners filled the Oregon National Guard Armory in Newport shortly after the doors opened at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 18, for the annual plant sale held by the Lincoln County Master Gardener Association. (Photo by Steve Card)
Newport awards contract for demolition work
A contract for the demolition of buildings on three different sites in Newport was awarded recently by the Newport City Council, acting in its capacity as the Local Contract Review Board. The property had been acquired by the Newport Urban Renewal Agency for the purpose of redevelopment, and in preparation for that to happen, existing structures at those locations need to be removed. The contract for the work was awarded...
Letter: Law enforcers or law breakers?
Before every election, the Oregon Department of Transportation issues a news release explaining it is illegal to place campaign signs or other signs in the right of ways of public highways and roadways: https://tinyurl.com/2srerp8b And yet once again, several candidates in Lincoln County are ignoring the law. I find this particularly annoying when the lawbreakers include both candidates for district attorney. And before someone dismisses this as a trivial issue, I would point out that the Oregon coast's scenic highways are not a free advertising venue for political candidates, real estate agents, lawn care companies and all the others who continually deposit their visual litter in the public right of ways. Lee Siegel Beverly Beach
This Week in History
25 years ago (1999) Highway 20 closed as armed man taken into custody near Sams Creek Lincoln County Sheriff’s Detective Denis Bosque talked an armed, suicidal and threatening man out of an east county home early Wednesday, as a special weapons team moved in to take the man. No one was hurt. The man was...
Yachats council praises city manager, gives her raise as well
YACHATS — Yachats city manager Bobbi Price received a $10,000 pay raise along with praise from the city council Thursday for her performance eight months into the job. Price, the former director of the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce, had no previous city manager experience when she was chosen over two other candidates to lead the city in October 2023.
Lincoln County dispute over deputy contracts likely resolved for one year as sheriff agrees to absorb added costs
Lincoln County officials believe they have resolved – for one year at least — a dispute that broke into the public view last week over sheriff deputy contracts in Waldport and Yachats. The result – if county commissioners approve a proposal from Sheriff Curtis Landers next month –...
LCSD budget tightens following declining enrollment
Budget adjustments are in the works as the Lincoln County School District Budget Committee reviews a proposed $89,737,618 general fund budget submitted by LCSD Superintendent Majalise Tolan, which includes staffing reductions reflecting declining enrollment and higher operating coats. State school funding is primarily based on student enrollment. Fewer students results in less state funding. The enrollment reduction will affect the district in 2025-26 unless enrollment projections increase next year. The largest enrollment losses are in the primary grades, specifically kindergarten, according to Tolan. ...
Radar speed enforcement debated in Newport
The possibility of installing radar cameras to enforce speed limits was debated by the Newport City Council when it met on May 6. City Manager Spencer Nebel said there have been several discussions in the past about the use of this speed-control measure. “Our initial discussion actually started with the red light cameras, and we found out that we don’t have enough accident history in our signals on the state...
Nonprofit Social Service Agency Grant applications now open
A quarter-century tradition of investing in local good works continues with the opening of Lincoln County’s Nonprofit Social Service Agency Grant program for 2024. Since 2017, the Nonprofit Social Service Agency Grants have averaged about $180,000 annually — typically divided between about 20 organizations — and funding since the program began totals about $3.5 million. The grant reflects the county’s recognition that local nonprofits are critical partners in meeting community...
House Republican leader, whose district includes Gresham and Sandy, used minor ballot delivery delay to question election integrity
Oregon’s House Republican leader sent state election officials scrambling the week of May 13, after he used a minor delay in delivering mailed ballots to clerks in two counties to raise doubts about the integrity of the state’s voting system. Rep. Jeff Helfrich’s district includes Gresham and Sandy. Tuesday, May 21, is Oregon’s statewide primary election. The short delays county clerks in Douglas and Lincoln counties experienced were caused by...
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