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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT – One by one they walked up to face the man who had just admitted Tuesday to killing Mark Campbell of Waldport nearly two years earlier. Gone was their brother, their son, their husband. Fighting though tears, a sister, a mother, a brother and wife stood six feet from Jack Sigler, 54, who pleaded guilty

BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Bobbi Price may have a new job in Yachats, but she’s no stranger to town. Her father, Rick Nyhus spent his early childhood living at the corner of Ocean View and Marine drives and once served as the Lions Club’s “Smelt King” during one of its long-ago smelt fries. Her two young children – one who

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Lincoln City company that builds electric vehicle charging stations and allegedly defrauded the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality out of $2 million in carbon credits is appealing the ruling. On Friday, the agency fined Thompson Technical Services, or TTS Charging, of Lincoln City $2.7 million for falsely claiming credits through a state greenhouse

YACHATS – Neither windstorms or heavy rain deterred Polly Plumb Productions and Yachats-area artists from their annual banner auction. The 2022 Yachats Banner Project auction and artists reception is 5-7 p.m. Sunday in the Yachats Commons multi-purpose room. The silent auction will end at 6:30 p.m. There is no charge to attend. Festivities include the viewing and silent auction of

Dear YachatsNews readers: Your questions, please. YachatsNews is preparing news stories on local candidates and issues for the Nov. 8 general election – and is soliciting your questions for candidates or on issues. YachatsNews will be doing stories on races for Yachats mayor and council, Waldport mayor and council, a Lincoln County commission seat, and operating levies for the Yachats

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Enough is enough, the city of Waldport is telling dog owners. The city has announced it will begin enforcing a municipal ordinance that requires dog owners to leash their pets while on city property – and pick up after their dog if it poops on city-owned fields. The enforcement comes following complaints from the

By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A Republican candidate for an Oregon legislative district covering Lincoln County lied about endorsements in the state-issued Voters’ Pamphlet, a political action committee for House Democrats alleged Tuesday. In an online version of the pamphlet, restaurant owner Celeste McEntee of Newport includes education advocacy group Stand for Children and the Oregon Farm Bureau on

By MIKE ROGOWAY/The Oregonian/OregonLive Oregon’s economy has recovered all the jobs it lost to the pandemic, bouncing back from record layoffs at a much faster pace than in prior recessions. But the comeback has been much slower in some industries — especially in the hospitality sector. Hotels, restaurants and bars still have about 12,000 fewer workers than they did before