Oregon nursing board proposes $5,000 fine for false claims by newly elected Yachats Fire member

October 14, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Oregon State Board of Nursing on Wednesday voted to fine a newly elected member of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District $5,000 for claiming in the Lincoln County voters pamphlet that she was a registered nurse. The board found that the voters pamphlet statements last May by A’lyce Ruberg saying she was a nurse and

YachatsNews to add three features to website starting Monday, Sept. 9

September 5, 2019

A note to YachatsNews.com readers: I’m happy to announce some small but noteworthy enhancements coming to YachatsNews.com starting Monday, Sept. 9. The additions are intended to both broaden and deepen the appeal of the website. But first some background. I started YachatsNews.com in January as a community service. By the end of February it had about 1,400 “unique” visitors and

Lincoln County district attorney leaving job to take state position; governor seeks candidates

September 5, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Fresh out of law school and eager to get legal experience, Michelle Branam took a three-month position in the Wasco County district attorney’s office in 2004. She got little pay that spring, but the district attorney offered free housing in migrant quarters in his parents’ cherry orchard. One case stuck with Branam. A child had been

Local Meals on Wheels program in need of spring, summer volunteers

April 11, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Three days a week Nicole Person uses two dozen volunteers to put together 65 meals for low-income, disabled or homebound residents of the Yachats and Waldport areas. Her diners come to the Waldport Community Center at noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays where kitchen volunteers have assembled meals and set up tables. Other volunteers jump in their cars

City sets up formal process to determine who manages Yachats Farmers Market

April 5, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats stepped in Friday to formalize the process for operating the Yachats Farmers Market after efforts by two groups hoping to organize it apparently spiraled into confusion and acrimony. The deadline to submit applications to operate a “vendor-run market” is noon Friday, April 12, City Manager Shannon Beaucaire announced Friday. The city will