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Samaritan Health Services has completed the sale of its durable medical equipment business Samaritan Medical Supplies to Norco Medical of Boise, a 75-year-old provider of high-quality home medical supplies. “We chose Norco for several reasons, but primarily because they are a well-established family- and employee-owned company based in the Northwest that is highly focused on the customers and its employees

REEDSPORT – A 79-year-old Florence woman died about noon Wednesday, May 17, when her car left Oregon Highway 38 about eight miles east of Reedsport and crashed into a tree. Oregon State Police said their preliminary investigation indicated a Chrysler PT Cruiser operated by Betty Ann Hodges of Florence was headed west on Highway 38 when it left the road

YACHATS – The Yachats Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to deny a variance request by a homeowner along Yachats Ocean Road to build a 780-square-foot structure within 20 feet of the street. Richard Henkens Jr. owns a house and a triangular piece of property at 550 Yachats Ocean Road that intersects with U.S. Highway 101. He asked for a variance

Garret Jaros, who has worked at and written for a wide variety of newspapers in Oregon and Colorado, is YachatsNews’ newest full-time reporter Jaros replaces Kenneth Lipp, who left April 21 to become the public information officer for Lincoln County. Jaros comes to Yachats from the Durango (Colo.) Herald. Jaros grew up in Eugene, attended the University of Montana and

WALDPORT — A limited number of tickets are still available for a fundraising “High Tea” to raise funds for a new Waldport library. Priced at $25 each, the tickets gain admission to a full-service tea including “sweets and savories,” hosted by the Waldport Library Foundation. Tea-time is 2 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at the Waldport Community Center. Tickets are available

Still have that special election ballot laying around your desk or kitchen? You have until 8’o’clock Tuesday night to return it – either dropped off at city halls, the Lincoln County courthouse or be postmarked by the time post offices close. And apparently there are a lot still lying around for an off-year special election to help determine the makeup

YACHATS — The city’s popular Sunday Farmers Market returns on Mother’s Day this Sunday with a record number of vendors — 45 — and some new food options. The market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday through October at its traditional location on West Fourth Street just off U.S. Highway 101. The market will offer produce,

NEWPORT — A Samaritan Health Services dietitian will present a free wellness seminar two times on Wednesday, May 31 to develop a framework to feeling your best. Rachele Hall will discuss the four cornerstones of whole human health – food, body, emotional well-being and spiritual growth. She’ll cover eating for nourishment, optimizing metabolism and achieving your wellness weight. The seminar

Some recreation areas in the Siuslaw National Forest and Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area are going electronic by installing automated fee machines. The machines, the agency said in a news release, replace the classic “iron ranger” fee tubes as part of a nationwide initiative by the U.S. Forest Service. Over the past several years, theft and vandalism to fee stations

YACHATS – Get ready to sign up for the Cape Perpetua Collaborative’s popular tidepool tours when registration opens at noon Wednesday, May 10. The group’s Tidepool Ambassador Program is a free program designed to showcase the biodiversity of the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve. Guests are led by guides to explore the tidepools of Yachats State Park, Bob Creek and Heceta