Deputies arrest 43-year-old man Tuesday night after series of Yachats incidents

January 29, 2020

A 43-year-old California man was arrested on criminal trespass charges Tuesday night after a Yachats resident called Lincoln County police dispatch about an intruder. Brandon R. Holve of Springville, Calif. is in the Lincoln County Jail on charges of first-degree criminal trespass. Bail is $15,000. The incident began about 10:10 p.m. Tuesday when dispatch received a 9-1-1 call from a

Little Log Church offers 25th year of vow renewals on Valentine’s Day

January 28, 2020

“Remembrance, Re-Vision, and Renewal” is the theme of the 25th annual ceremony of renewal and commitment on Valentine’s Day, Friday, Feb. 14 at the Little Log Church in Yachats. Both married and unmarried committed couples are offered the opportunity to renew their vows in a group setting. The ceremony will be offered at two times – noon and 5:30

State police investigating pedestrian killed by vehicle in Coos County

January 27, 2020

On Monday, January 27, 2020 at approximately 9:21 A.M., Oregon State Police Troopers were dispatched to the report of a deceased person beside Hwy 101 near milepost 278 (Two Mile Lane). Preliminary investigation revealed the deceased male, identified as William Schippert (44) of Bandon, had been struck by a vehicle hours before his body was discovered. Investigators from the Oregon

Sheriff’s deputies arrest California felon after burglary report of Yachats River yurt

January 26, 2020

Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies and Oregon State Police troopers negotiated with an armed felon from California for more than 15 minutes Saturday afternoon on North Yachats River Road before arresting him on a variety of charges. Michael G. Richie, 37, of Forestville, Calif. is in the Lincoln County Jail on accusations of first-degree burglary, being a felon in possession of

Yachats city manager outlines new plans for City Hall employees, planning and code enforcement

January 23, 2020

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats City Manager Shannon Beaucaire has developed a new staffing and employee structure for City Hall, proposing to add one employee to handle community service duties and a second to be an administrative assistant. The plan is more than a year in the making. Beaucaire said it involved interviews with current staff and contractors, looking at

Governor goes outside courthouse to appoint new Lincoln County district attorney and judge

January 23, 2020

Gov. Kate Brown has selected two lawyers in private practice to be the new Lincoln County district attorney and to fill a vacant circuit court judgeship. In doing so, Brown went outside the district attorney’s office to fill that position and to also pass over a Lincoln County temporary hearings referee to fill the judicial vacancy. Jonathan Cable of Waldport,

Dispute between State Parks and Lane County has closed Heceta lighthouse for more than a year

January 23, 2020

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Each year more than 800,000 people pull off U.S. Highway 101 to visit the Heceta Head Lighthouse state scenic viewpoint 12 miles south of Yachats. Of those, nearly 50,000 make the windy, half-mile uphill hike to the park’s centerpiece, the Heceta Head Lighthouse. What almost no one has done for nearly a year, however, is actually

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log Jan. 21-22

January 23, 2020

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP20020998 01/21/2020 11:55 Officer #50607 TUCKER, BRIAN Crash – Hit and Run Location 20 HWY and SAMS CREEK RD, Narrative Summary On 01/21/20 at approximately 11:45 AM, a two-vehicle hit and run crash occurred on US-20 around milepost 11. Westbound Vehicle #1 (grey Infiniti) rear-end/side-swiped the trailer of Vehicle #2 (blue Walsh CMV hauling chips), nearly tearing of

Yachats continues to see more single-family residential construction

January 23, 2020

Yachats is continuing its residential building “boomlet.” City Planner Dave Mattison told the Planning Commission this week that the city received 12 permits for new, single-family residences in 2019, and so far in 2020 has received two more applications for single-family houses. That continues a building trend for the past four years. In 2018 Lincoln County, which handles building permits

Yachats council takes first tentative steps to revise water rates, but wants more numbers

January 21, 2020

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats is getting the first wave of information to possibly revise its water rates to raise enough money to keep up with maintenance but to also correct billing issues with eight large water users. Tim Tice, projects manager for the Oregon Association of Water Utilities, on Wednesday walked the City Council through his