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Central Lincoln PUD customers will see increase in July electricity bills

July 8, 2019
Residential electricity rates in Lincoln County went up 3 percent and a service charge increased by 9 percent a month effective July 1. After no increase last year, the Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District board voted in June to raise rates for fiscal 2019-20. The last increase – 4 percent – came in 2017. Commercial rates increased about the same

Traveling folk singer offering free Yachats concert Thursday, July 11

July 7, 2019
A young songwriter and contemporary folk singer from Oriskany Falls, N.Y. will perform at a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11, in the multipurpose room of the Yachats Commons. Jules Renato is on a summer tour of the United States, stopping in small towns and putting on free, family-friendly public concerts. The tour is called “A New Sound

Yachats council discusses vacation rental issues in long Wednesday meeting but makes little headway

July 4, 2019
The Yachats City Council made little progress Wednesday on one of its thorniest issues – working out details of potential changes to the city’s 2-year-old vacation rental ordinance. Yachats’ vacation rental license program is one of the city’s most contentious issues, drawing hundreds to public hearings in 2017 before the council passed an ordinance limiting licenses to 125 and imposing

Yachats celebrates Fourth of July and community with pancakes, pie and parade

July 4, 2019
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats celebrated community on the nation’s Fourth of July holiday by eating pancakes and pie, marching in or watching an oceanside parade, then topping it off with fireworks at dusk. “It’s a throwback to the 1950s,” said Jenica McKay of Portland, who for years has rented a house in town with five other women – sisters, aunt

Sheriff and fire marshal issue warnings about July 4 fireworks

July 2, 2019
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Fire Marshal are warning people about illegal fireworks over the Fourth of July holiday – and offering advice on what’s legal, illegal and safe. The use of fireworks is prohibited on all national forestland, in all Oregon state parks, and on all beaches. The sheriff’s office is asking people to understand –

Yachats Lions Club awards more than $24,000 to groups, elects new officers

July 2, 2019
The Yachats Lions Club has announced its grants and scholarships for 2019 and elected new officers for 2019-20. The club awarded $19,956 in grants to community organizations, gave $2,000 in scholarships and provided $2,530 to the Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation, for a total of $24,486. New officers are Lawrence Calkins, president; Shari Kiser, vice president; June O’Conner, secretary; Peggy

Lowest tides of year return just in time for July 4 holiday visitors

June 27, 2019
Just in time for thousands of Fourth of July visitors, the lowest tides of the year return Wednesday, July 3 through Friday, July 5. And to make exploring even better, the low tides occur between 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, July 3 and 9:51 a.m. Friday, July 5, according to Oregon coast tide tables adjusted for the Alsea River bay. The lowest
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Yachats’ July 4 fireworks show the result of core group of volunteers – and lots of donations

June 27, 2019
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Katherine Guenther rarely gets to watch Yachats’ 4th of July fireworks show. She’s too busy making sure volunteers are at their stations, that the out-of-town fireworks crew has everything they need, or that any last-minute emergencies are dealt with. But the 15-minute display wouldn’t go on unless Guenther and her Yachats Fireworks Committee didn’t raise the $20,000
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