🌱 How to get your free Siuslaw firewood permit in Waldport

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• How to get your free Siuslaw firewood permit in Waldport

Also on today's calendar: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION IN ACTION This Saturday at Yachats Emergency Preparedness Fair and 6 more events.

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 63 and low of 53 degrees.
• Friday: Peeks of sunshine, temps: high: 63, low: 51.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Firewood permits will be available Oct. 15 for Siuslaw National Forest • Lincoln Chronicle (lincolnchronicle.org) — If you heat with wood in or near Waldport, you can start picking up Siuslaw National Forest firewood permits at the Central Coast Ranger Station on Forestry Lane beginning October 15. Personal-use permits are free up to six cords per household, while commercial cutters pay by the cord, and everyone must carry their permit when harvesting or hauling wood.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Waldport

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• COMMUNITY PRESERVATION IN ACTION This Saturday at Yachats Emergency Preparedness Fair →
  Yachats Commons Building, 441 Hwy 101 N, Yachats
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Friday October 9
• Oakridge at Waldport →
  Waldport High School, 320 Lower Crestline Dr, Waldport
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Bayside Acoustic Sessions: Live Music by the Water →
  Claim 52 Brewing, 748 SW Bay Blvd., Newport
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Port of Alsea monthly commission meeting →
  Port of Alsea, 365 NE Port St # A, Waldport
  2:00 pm
• Central Oregon Coast Fire and Rescue monthly board meeting →
  Central Coast Fire & Rescue Training Room, 125 East Alsea Highway, Waldport
  4:00 pm
Friday October 23
• Lowell at Waldport →
  Waldport High School, 320 Lower Crestline Dr, Waldport
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• The Nightmare Before Christmas →
  Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W Olive St, Newport
  2:00 pm
Wednesday October 28
• Yoga Retreat in Yachats →
  Yachats Inn, 331 US-101, Yachats
  6:00 pm
Friday October 30
• Central Linn Varsity Football @ Waldport →
  Waldport High School, 3000 S Crestline Dr, Waldport
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Yachats Planning Commission work session on ADUs →
  Yachats OR
  2:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Perpetua Coast →
  Yachats OR
• 2026 Perpetua Coast →
  Yachats OR
  11:00 am
Monday October 12
• Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board →
  Yachats Fire Station, 2056 Hwy 101 N, Yachats
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Oregon Commission for the Blind and Oregon Department of Education have organized a webinar series to educate the community about
  disability employment services and celebrate the many workplace successes. Join us on Tuesday, October 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Zoom for … (Nextdoor )

• Washington Federal, Inc. posted a job opening for Personal Banker in Waldport. Apply here.
• Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Waldport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Waldport here.

🗞 Nearby News

Yachats

• Pelican Brewing Company's Neighborhood Pub Opens in Yachats, Oregon (oregonbusiness.com)
• The Dalles faces mounting street repair bill as deferred maintenance approaches $9 million (columbiacommunityconnection.com)
• South Oregon Coast Holidays Gets Warm, Gooey and Illuminated Around Coos Bay (beachconnection.net)

Newport

• Newport council should let voters decide stipend for councilors • Lincoln Chronicle (lincolnchronicle.org)
• They're back. (oregoncoasttoday.com)
• Art blooms in Newport (oregoncoasttoday.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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