Oregon State Police/Newport activity log Oct. 2-3

October 4, 2019

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP19353947 10/02/2019 15:16 Officer #53141 SEVERSON, SCOTT Crash – Non-injury Location 20, Mile post 26 18 WB, LINCOLN OR Narrative Summary eCrash – On 10/2/19 at approximately 3:00PM a westbound box truck left the lane of travel and collided with the westbound guardrail near milepost 26 of US Highway 20. The vehicle continued along the guardrail, causing damage

Yachats council votes unanimously to keep 125-license limit on vacation rentals

October 3, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to continue a controversial 125-license limit on vacation rentals in the city, its first major step to update its regulations governing use of houses for short-term stays. Yachats remains one of two Oregon cities putting a specific limit on the number of licensed rentals, although cities across the United

Central Lincoln’s planned electrical outage Thursday will not affect downtown Yachats

October 3, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District will cut power to customers from the south edge of Yachats to Carl Washburne State Park for up to 5½ hours Thursday, Oct. 10 – but it will not affect downtown Yachats businesses or City Hall. The outage will affect 470 residences on Bayview Terrace, in the Quiet Water and Koho

Lincoln County sheriff nabs burglars inside Lincoln City area vacation rental

October 3, 2019

Downloadable file: Sarah Brausen Downloadable file: Anthony Brausen On October 2nd, 2019 at approximately 10:22 PM, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a possible burglary at a vacation rental in the 4000 block of NE East Devils Lake Rd. The caller reported the keys to her vacation rental had been stolen in the Portland area earlier in the week and she

Lincoln County district attorney and judgeship openings draw seven candidates

October 3, 2019

Seven people – including one who applied for both – have asked Gov. Kate Brown to be appointed as the next Lincoln County district attorney or fill a circuit court vacancy. Four people, including three current deputy district attorneys, have applied to be appointed district attorney. Michelle Branam, who had been the district attorney since 2014, resigned in mid September

Proliferation of vacation rentals in Yachats hurts the city

October 2, 2019

To the editor: This is in response to a bulk mailing from Candy Neville and the Yachats Alliance. In summary, Neville and the alliance argues for unlimited and unregulated vacation rentals as beneficial to the city of Yachats, and that we the citizenry must enable them to continue to benefit financially without regard to hard costs and unintentional consequences to

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log Sept. 30-Oct. 1

October 2, 2019

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP19352205 09/30/2019 22:28 Officer #55167 WERTZ, DAVID Warrant Arrest Location 101, Mile post 139 139, NEWPORT, LINCOLN OR USA 97365 Narrative Summary On 9/30/19 at approximately 10:28 pm I stopped a silver Toyota Camry (TWW656) on US 101 near mile post 139 for an equipment violation. I identified the driver and recognized him from previous police contacts. I

Rainy September takes some pressure off water restrictions in Yachats

October 1, 2019

Yes, it was an unusually wet September. And, as luck would have it, as soon as the city of Yachats declared “Phase One” water restrictions the city recorded 3.5 inches of rain in September to unofficially end any real worries about watering outside plants or washing cars. September’s rainfall total was the third highest in the last 10 years,

Lincoln County judge tosses out 2017 voter ban of aerial pesticide spraying

October 1, 2019

After more than two years studying the issue, a Lincoln County circuit judge has tossed out a voter-approved initiative that would have banned aerial spraying of pesticides in the county because it conflicts with Oregon law. The judge released her findings to attorneys Sept. 23; word slowly spread last week and attorneys and groups involved released statements and reactions

Lincoln County begins offering free flu shot clinics

October 1, 2019

Lincoln Health and Human Services clinics has started offering flu shots and student vaccinations and its three clinics and health centers located at Waldport, Taft, Newport, and Toledo high schools. Walk-in clinic hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 1, 3, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29 and 31 at the county’s Nye Clinic, 36 S.W. Nye St., Newport: Additional flu