Paramedic shortage has Lincoln County’s main ambulance provider seeking 6-month exception for two contract requirements

October 4, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A shortage of paramedics is forcing the company that provides ambulance service to most of Lincoln County to seek two temporary exceptions to its contract. Pacific West Ambulance is asking to cut the number of advanced life support ambulances it has available from five to four in the four districts it serves and to suspend response

September was wet, but so far rainfall is 76 percent of the 9-month average

October 2, 2021

September was a wet month in the Yachats area – or at least four days of it were. But as fall approaches, the total rainfall for the first nine months of the year is still far below average. As usual, the amount of rain in September depended on where and how it was measured. The “official” weather gauge at the

After disagreements over direction, new majority of Seal Rock fire board dismisses chief and plans to hire former Toledo chief as interim

October 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – The Seal Rock Fire District board has fired Tom Sakaris, its chief of six years, and plans to meet Wednesday to appoint an interim chief to run the day-to-day operations and advise it on the district’s direction. Following a 60-minute executive session Thursday, the board voted 3-1 to immediately put Sakaris on 30 days

Lincoln County Oregon Building Permits – September 2021

October 1, 2021

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Sheriff’s deputies arrest man and woman at Bayshore rental on 7-9 identify theft charges

October 1, 2021

WALDPORT – Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Hillsboro man and Seattle woman late Thursday on identify theft and other charges after responding to a complaint of suspicious activity at a vacation rental in the Bayshore area north of Waldport. Up to six sheriff’s patrol vehicles Thursday night and Friday morning were at the rental on Oceanview Drive as deputies

New OHSU COVID-19 forecasts predicts Oregon won’t return to pre-spike levels until near year end

October 1, 2021

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A recovery from the record-breaking spike in COVID-19 cases has been pushed from Halloween to Christmas, according to a new Oregon Health & Science University forecast. Longer hospital stays for those with severe infections from the delta variant and signs of public weariness with pandemic safeguards have delayed the expected pace of a rebound,