By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews It’s 52 degrees in the garage where Julie and Dennis Wehling have been holed up since Saturday. And that’s with the wood stove blazing. That’s better […]
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One person’s view: Even for the prepared, there’s a bit of wistfulness when the light returns
By LORI TOBIAS/for YachatsNews NEWPORT — Friday afternoon, we’d arrived home from the Willamette Valley, where I’d had a doctor’s appointment. I’d watched weather reports for days, gauging the timing […]
Electricity being restored Tuesday evening to thousands of CLPUD customers from Yachats to Lincoln Beach after outages caused by thawing lines
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Much of Lincoln County was hit with another series of power outages Tuesday afternoon when two large Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District transmission lines went out affecting […]
Ice storm knocks down trees and takes out power to thousands in Lincoln County, closes roads and highways; Newport declares emergency
This is Sunday night’s story; see updated story at the top of the website By QUINTON SMITH and GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews A surprise ice storm knocked out power to […]
In first meeting of year, Waldport city council increases lodging taxes to 12 percent, bans all fireworks
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Waldport city council approved a fireworks ban and an increase in lodging taxes during its first meeting of the year. Both decisions Thursday moved […]
Waldport woman dies Thursday night in collision with South Lincoln Ambulance, passenger severely injured
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – A 25-year-old Waldport woman died and her 16-year-old passenger was critically injured Thursday evening when their car collided with a South Lincoln Ambulance pulling […]
Yachats fire district board tentatively agrees to new updated response agreement with Central Coast fire
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats fire district will continue to give and receive help on routine calls with its counterpart in Waldport under an “automatic aid” agreement […]
Yachats Agate Festival returns for its 11th annual show this weekend with rocks, talks and demos
BY CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — You can get up close to rock stars — and even take some home with you — when the Yachats Agate Festival fills the […]
Yachats Post Office without a postmaster again and USPS officials quiet about why, what’s next
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats post office is without a postmaster. When and why Yachats postmaster Chanda Kowitz, who had been on the job for two years, […]
Unable to buy property in Lincoln City, county begins homeless shelter program there using motel vouchers
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County has started its temporary winter program for the homeless in Lincoln City even though it has been unable to find and purchase property for […]