Quinton Smith

Lincoln County commissioners have decided to triple the amount of federal pandemic relief funds it has committed to help increase the availability of local child care. In April, commissioners allotted $100,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to award grants of up to $15,000 for expanding a current child care business or creating a new one in Lincoln County. That

YACHATS – The Yachats Lions Club announced $42,769 in grants and scholarships to Lincoln County organizations and students Tuesday night during its annual awards dinner. Fifteen organizations were awarded a total of $28,500, seven programs received $2,849, three students received $1,000 college scholarships, and $8,420 went to Oregon Lions sight and hearing programs. “This is record territory for the Lions,”

NEWPORT — The governing body of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department is meeting Thursday and Friday in Newport. A tour by the seven-member Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission on Thursday includes stops to discuss the new agreement with private forest landowners, a discussion of key conservation issues in marine ecosystems and celebration of 10 years of ODFW’s marine reserve

More than 5,000 residents and businesses from Waldport to Yachats lost power Friday after a broken insulator caused lines to collapse. The power went out about 9 a.m. Friday and was not restored entirely until 3 p.m., although the majority of affected Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District customers had power restored by 10:15 a.m. “Basically, what caused the outage is