August 2020 - Page 2

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Oregon Coast Community College is moving three medical programs from its Waldport building to Lincoln City this fall and will use the 8-year-old building on Crestline Drive for community-oriented classes when coronavirus restrictions allow. The college’s South Coast Center near Waldport High School has been largely devoted to the nursing and medical assistant and

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Hot weather in the Willamette Valley combined with pent-up demand has Oregon coast recreation sites, including those in Lincoln County, seeing unprecedented numbers of visitors. With some campgrounds already reopened for reservations and others set to do so soon, the Covid-related shutdowns that stalled tourism for months are nearly a distant memory. “Last weekend (Aug. 15-16)was the

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A coronavirus outbreak at a second Lincoln City hotel is worrying health officials that the virus is spreading rapidly through younger hospitality workers in north Lincoln County. Lincoln County Public Health announced this week there is a workplace outbreak at the Inn at Spanish Head, where five of 97 employees tested positive the past few days

Although Lincoln County is seeing a small rebound in its dominant hospitality industry, the county still has the highest unemployment rate in Oregon, the Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday. Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 15.2 percent in July, down from 17.3 percent in June. Last July the county’s rate was 4.4 percent, the agency said. Clatsop County