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By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Three veterans are nearing completion of a self-assigned rescue mission.  The trio of former Marines will arrive in Newport on foot Saturday, 10 days after the anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, and six months after leaving Boston Harbor on the anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy.  Their trek across 3,365 miles of U.S.

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Almost 20 years after Lincoln County commissioners declined to change a racist road name east of Waldport, the county now appears poised to rename it for a former slave who lived there 140 years ago. As far as the U.S. Forest Service is concerned, the half-mile stretch of fern- and tree-lined road it owns on the

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Vacation rental owners in unincorporated Lincoln County have a new set of rules to follow next year, as county commissioners prepare for the most controversial aspect of a 2021 ordinance — determining limits on the number of short-term rental licenses allowed in seven areas. Lincoln County  commissioners held a brief workshop Monday to discuss staff work

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By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Lincoln County schools’ superintendent will retire June 30 after five years leading the district, including facing two major crises for much of her tenure. Superintendent Karen Gray announced her impending retirement Tuesday night during the regular meeting of the Lincoln County School District board meeting in Newport. She segued into the news as part of a