By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Delayed for a week because of wildfires and smoke, online classes started Monday for middle and high school students in the Lincoln County School District. It […]
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With COVID-19 cases on a steep decline, Lincoln County will finally enter Phase 2 of Oregon’s reopening plan on Tuesday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com On Tuesday, Lincoln County residents can go to a movie, take a swim, maybe enter a library, attend an indoor event with up to 100 people, […]
As Otis residents return to begin recovery from fire’s carnage “Everything looks so normal … and then you turn the corner”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Even the cursory checkpoints manned by Oregon National Guard members don’t quite prepare you for what you’ll see a mile down North Bank Road in Otis. […]
Even with fires still smoldering around Otis, emergency officials urge rest of Lincoln County residents to prepare for the next disaster
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Fires are still smoldering in Otis. Evacuees are still in shelters, motels or living with friends and families. Power and water are only slowly returning to 2,500 […]
With help of McKenzie River Trust and UO, Yachats gains a “RARE” intern for 11 months to help with community water issues
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com As a kid growing up in the cornfields of south-central Ohio, Sam Hillman heard the stories and saw the pictures of mile after mile of Pacific […]
Yachats Library Commission schedules meeting Thursday, survey to seek ideas on future of city library
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats is trying to determine the future of its library and wants residents to help figure it out. So it is seeking your […]
Accidental discovery by OSU researcher and boat captain lead to marine reserve poaching case and indictment of two Astoria men
By YVONNE SHAW/For YachatsNews.com Two men caught setting stolen crab traps in a marine on the Oregon coast await trial following a joint effort of citizen reporting and solid […]
LINCOLN COUNTY FIRE UPDATE: Otis area reopens for residents only this weekend; fire agency says 293 homes destroyed
Residents of the burned neighborhoods in Otis will be allowed back into the fire area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office announced […]
As north Lincoln County searches for wildfire information, a recently returned Otis man uses his technological know-how to help
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com In the thirst for news and on-the-ground word in the aftermath of the fires burning in north Lincoln County, perhaps no better clearinghouse for information has […]
Port of Alsea’s marina limping along at busiest time of year, but looking ahead to $3 million boat launch and dock replacement
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — The Port of Alsea’s facilities – and a key service — are all falling apart at exactly the wrong time. But crabbers, shrimpers and […]