By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There’s no real organization. It’s just a group of mostly older folks from Yachats and Waldport who each Saturday morning show up along U.S. Highway 101 […]
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Vacation rental debate in unincorporated Lincoln County comes to a head during annual meeting of Bayshore Homeowners Association
By CHERI BRUBAKER/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Conflicts between residents of unincorporated Lincoln County and owners of vacation rentals usually take the form of lawn signs, letters to the editor, and […]
Voters make changes on boards of Central Oregon Coast and Seal Rock fire districts; Seal Rock levy soundly defeated
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Two coastal fire districts embroiled in controversy got new board members and a jolt of difficult financial news in Tuesday’s election. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday […]
Lincoln County reaches 65 percent vaccination mark, so will move permanently Friday to “low risk” category for restrictions
By YachatsNews.com Lincoln County and four others across Oregon will move permanently Friday to the state’s lowest risk category for business and social restrictions after vaccinating 65 percent of its […]
Yachats Brewing and Yachats News offering incentive for J&J vaccine walk-ins Friday at Yachats clinic
In Ohio there’s a $1 million weekly lottery that newly vaccinated people can enter. In New York City, the mayor offered burgers and fries from Shake Shack for anyone getting […]
Longtime Yachats Fire board member says district is in financial trouble and should ask voters in November for bigger levy
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District should ask voters for more property taxes in November, one longtime board member said last week, because the district is […]
As age limits drop for COVID-19 vaccines, Lincoln County begins taking its clinics into LCSD high schools
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Now that children as young as 12 can get vaccinated against COVID-19, Lincoln County Public Health is taking their clinics to where kids are – schools. […]
Local governments in Lincoln County suddenly have an interesting problem — how to spend millions in new federal relief funds
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The money could mean a custodian for the city of Waldport, or the start of a 7-acre park downtown. For Lincoln County it means balancing a budget […]
Candidates for Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue Board answer questions about the district, the board, the issues and themselves
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Election contests for a seat on the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board are usually no contest at all. In the past 10 years, only […]
Lincoln County drops to “moderate” risk category Friday, and under new incentives could move to “low” if 800 more people get vaccinated
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County is moving Friday from the state’s “high” to its “moderate” risk category for restrictions on business and social activity, Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday, […]