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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County voters will be inundated with advertising, post cards, phone calls, texts and emails the next two weeks as proponents and opponents of a ballot measure to phase out short-term rentals in some parts of the county gear up their campaigns. While voters throughout the county — including cities like Yachats, Waldport, Newport and Lincoln

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County, apparently riding the wave of an influx of retirees, exceeded prior population forecasts and far surpassed slower-growing counties farther down the coast, according to 2020 Census numbers. The county, as a whole, grew by 9.5 percent over the past decade, a rate just behind the statewide average of 10.6 percent. Lincoln County’s growth rate

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — What do cool cars, Halloween treats, holiday wreaths and scholarships have in common? That would be Waldport’s Beachcomber Days, which is expanding its calendar of community events to run throughout the year. Known for its traditional Father’s Day weekend celebration featuring a parade, music and car show, Beachcomber Days is a nonprofit that funds

WALDPORT – Dr. Stephanie Bosch, 32, a key member of Samaritan Health Service’s clinic in Waldport, died Wednesday night in the emergency room at the hospital in Newport. Bosch had practiced family medicine at the Waldport Clinic since August 2018. Samaritan closed the clinic Thursday and Friday so staff could recover and grieve, said Dr. Lesley Ogden, chief executive officer