Oregon Capital Bureau The $500 Emergency Relief Check Program has exhausted its 70,000 available payments in just three days and ended Friday. The $35 million in money from the federal […]
In-person school classes could be seven months away if coronavirus efforts don’t improve, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Friday
By NICK BUDNICK/Pamplin Media Group At the current rate of transmission officials say it could be seven months or more before in-person schooling can resume, and Gov. Kate Brown on […]
Lincoln County won’t enter Phase 2 of reopening process until after Labor Day, state health authorities announce Thursday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County cannot go into the second phase of the Oregon’s coronavirus reopening process until at least Sept. 8, Gov. Kate Brown said in a letter […]
Yachats council asks three city commissions to bring back ideas by Sept. 16 on how to improve street, parking project
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council has kicked design ideas for a controversial 100-yard street paving project back to three commissions to help find ways for the $165,000 […]
Oregon runs through half of $500 relief checks for people not receiving unemployment benefits
By the Oregon Capital Bureau More than half of the available funds for a new $500 relief check program have been used up in the first two days of the […]
Yachats homeowner reports three cougars on property Tuesday night
A trio of cougars spotted in a forested Yachats neighborhood Tuesday night are most likely a mother and two yearling offspring passing through the area, an Oregon Department of Fish […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Thursday, Aug. 20; Lincoln County records 4 new cases
Oregon reports 301 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 412, the […]
Yachats council approves additional marketing help for new visitor center operator over objections by two members
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The relationship between a former Yachats City Council member now running the city’s visitor center and the current council hit a rough patch Wednesday, as two […]
Libraries in Lincoln County begin to distribute 800 free bags of science activities for kids
The Yachats, Waldport and other public libraries throughout Lincoln County are distributing 800 free bags of science activities for kids, thanks to a grant Georgia-Pacific gave to the Oregon […]
Commercial matsutake mushroom permits go on sale Sept. 4 in Waldport
WALDPORT – Matsutake collecting season this year on the Central Coast Ranger District will have a new, mail-in permit procedure. Every year, 100 commercial permits are available on a first […]