The holiday spirit shines in south Lincoln County as people celebrate Christmas but also reach out to help the less fortunate

December 23, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH and CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com They bought socks and blankets for seniors. They gave, packed and distributed hundreds of boxes of food to families in need. They wrote letters to Santa Claus and lined intersections to see a parade of lights. And, they joined forces to cook and serve a Christmas week meal to the hungry. Those were

Earthquake experts believe there’s little to fear from swarm of nearly 70 quakes off the central Oregon coast

December 8, 2021

By LEE J. SIEGEL and CNN for YachatsNews.com A swarm of nearly 70 small to moderate earthquakes rattled under the seafloor 250 to 290 miles off the central Oregon coast Tuesday and Wednesday. Fifteen of them measured between magnitude 5.0 and 5.8. A few coastal residents reported feeling the largest jolts, which measured up to 5.8 in magnitude. The

Lincoln County Oregon Building Permits – November 2021

December 1, 2021

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Bakery heaven created by local owners and staff means long lines every week outside Pacific Sourdough in Waldport

November 23, 2021

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — If there’s a heaven for tastebuds, the pearly gates of yumminess might open into a former plumbing supply warehouse in Waldport. That’s where devoted customers form long lines each week to snap up handcrafted specialty breads, buttery pastries and sinfully good cakes and pies at Pacific Sourdough bakery. In a 15-by-20-foot space on Northeast

By re-thinking how to reach new students, Oregon Coast CC sees strong post-pandemic turnaround in 2021 enrollment

November 18, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com The coronavirus has taken huge bites out of Oregon’s coastal economy, affecting everything from restaurants and hotels to stores and child care availability. Less visible, but no less profound, was the hit taken by Oregon Coast Community College, which saw its enrollment numbers plummet from 939 full-time equivalent students before the pandemic to 516 in 2020

As police departments everywhere struggle for officers, Lincoln County tries a special hiring event to attract new deputies

November 11, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com James Holmes has spent the bulk of his young professional career as a social worker focused on juvenile mental health, child welfare and adoption services. Through those various stints, the one thing he didn’t foresee for himself was a career in law enforcement. Now, he is one month into on-the-road training as a Lincoln County Sheriff’s

Chronic lack of substitute teachers — and no solution in sight — forces Lincoln County School District to cancel classes Friday

November 4, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A severe shortage of substitute teachers has Lincoln County’s schools scrambling to find answers – and bodies. So far, however, there are no easy solutions to help teachers and administrators cover what all acknowledge is a huge staffing problem. “The school district is fully aware of how challenging it has been,” Lincoln County School District Superintendent

Waldport High School’s 8-man football team wins first OSAA playoff game in 42 years Friday night, now heads to Lost River

November 4, 2021

By JACK HEFFERNAN/for YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – When 27 members of Waldport High’s football team ran onto the field Friday night, it was be the school’s first state playoff appearance since before many of them were born. But a playoff win? Not many of their parents were alive when the team last won a playoff game. After decades of losing,

Lincoln County Oregon Building Permits – October 2021

November 1, 2021

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Lincoln County voters have until 8 pm. Tuesday to return ballots as local money measures and countywide vote on vacation rentals could push turnout to 40 percent

October 31, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There are more than 28,000 ballots around Lincoln County waiting to be marked and returned. On Tuesday, voters the Yachats, Seal Rock and North Lincoln fire districts will decide tax levies for operations, Newport voters will decide whether to tax gasoline and prepared food purchases, and all Lincoln County voters will decide whether to phase out