By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com During a week when the lone employee in Yachats City Hall struggled to even answer the phones, it probably wasn’t the best timing for Mayor Leslie […]
Yachats City Council votes unanimously to negotiate with YYFAP to allow move into former city offices in Commons building
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program is getting a new home – but not having to go far. The Yachats City Council has agreed that […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Friday, Aug. 6: 970 new cases, 13 in Lincoln County; hospitalizations near 500
Oregon reports 970 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths PORTLAND — There are four new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,889, […]
Extreme danger leads to immediate ban on beach fires, and an end to campfires in state, national forest parks beginning Friday
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Extreme drought conditions have triggered an immediate ban of fires on open beaches and in Oregon State Parks day-use areas along Oregon’s central coast. On Friday, Aug. […]
As Covid cases surge, Lincoln County is recommending — but not requiring — wearing masks in indoor, public places
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A quickly increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County prompted county officials Thursday to ask that people age 5 and older resume wearing masks in […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Thursday, Aug. 5: 1,382 new cases, 22 cases and one death in Lincoln County
Oregon reports 1,382 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths PORTLAND — There are eight new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,885, […]
Yachats Library adds more than 58,000 titles with new eBooks online system available to residents of 97498 Zip code
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com There’s a big new library in town for those who like to read on their desktop computers, tablets and even cellphones. Digital content has come to […]
U.S. Agriculture secretary visits Oregon, says feds need to do more for national forests
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says Congress needs to do for the national forests what the Oregon Legislature and Gov. Kate Brown have just done to […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Wednesday, Aug. 4: 1,213 new cases, 19 in Lincoln County
Oregon reports 1,213 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths PORTLAND — There are five new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,877, […]
Lincoln County voters will get to decide vacation rental issue in November, as initiative to phase them out is approved for the ballot
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Frustrated by delays from Lincoln County commissioners, a group opposed to vacation rentals in residential neighborhoods has qualified its initiative petition phasing them out for the […]