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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A worldwide financial services company has downgraded the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District’s bond credit rating, citing its weak governance and poor budget management. The downgraded rating by Moody’s Investors Service has no immediate effect on the fire district’s $7.4 million in bonds passed by voters in 2017 to build a new main

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – At every 5:30 a.m. every Thursday, Drew Tracy jumps into his truck and begins the 98-mile drive to the Eugene Police Department for an 8 o’clock meeting. Once there, Tracy and three other retired law enforcement officials gather to sort out their chores for that day and the next week to help chip away

BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The utility that provides electricity to rural communities in north Lincoln County says it may cut power to customers there by 10 a.m. Friday as a precaution to lower the chance of wildfires in the Salmon River canyon. Changing from a warning on Wednesday, Pacific Power said Thursday it may cut electricity to 12,000 customers stretching

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com TIDEWATER – It may not have firefighters on duty and a steady supply of water may be months away, but this community of nearly 900 people will have a functioning fire station beginning Saturday. Like any new construction, there are still some small things to get done. But after years of neglect and then some political

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — How big an issue is homelessness in Yachats? You might gauge its scope by the turnout for a public meeting on the topic — 45 people, streaming into the Commons Pavilion for a session led by City Manager Heide Lambert. “This is a difficult topic that we’re not going to fix today,” said Lambert

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Tens of thousands of Covid-19 booster doses are arriving in Oregon this week as state health officials, pharmacies and providers plan vaccine clinics and schedule shots. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the new booster doses by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech last week and a West Coast scientific group representing Oregon, Washington, California

By Oregon ArtsWatch Take a drive along the U.S. Highway 101 and you’ll find no end of reasons to stop and gape – the amazing views, iconic bridges and lighthouses, and that singular landmark between Yachats and Florence — the Sea Lion Caves. True, you can watch sea life from any number of spots along Highway 101, but where

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Heading into the third summer of lingering global pandemic, Anthony Muirhead was not sure what to expect of a tourist season regarded as make-it-or-break-it for leisure and hospitality businesses on the Oregon coast. The summer of 2020, after all, proved ruinous to many restaurants, hotels and galleries, who barely scraped by, if at all, after struggling

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – When a new health clinic operated by Lincoln County sees its first patient here Wednesday, residents of south Lincoln County will gain another option for primary and mental health care. Lincoln Community Health and a host of officials held a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the clinic Thursday, the first standalone county health building south