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Focus of vacation rental fight returns to Lincoln County courthouse after LUBA overturns voter-approved ballot measure phasing them out

August 11, 2022
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A ruling this week by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals that overturned a citizen-approved ballot measure phasing out vacation rentals in unincorporated Lincoln County returns the issue’s focus from Salem back to the courthouse in Newport. On Thursday, there is a circuit court hearing whether to consolidate challenges to a separate county vacation rental

Many Oregonians will vote again on psilocybin treatment as cities and counties propose bans and moratoriums on 2020’s Measure 109

August 11, 2022
By MIKE McINALLY/Oregon Capital Chronicle On a recent Monday evening, as a heat wave broiled Philomath, elected officials debated what’s been a hot topic this summer throughout Oregon cities and counties — should they opt out of Measure 109, the initiative legalizing limited use of the hallucinogen psilocybin, before it goes into effect next year? Measure 109, which was

ODOT and Yachats agree on delineators for U.S. Highway 101 on south edge of town — and sidewalk may be in future

August 11, 2022
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A stretch of U.S. Highway 101 on the south edge of Yachats may become a bit safer later this year for pedestrians and bicyclists. The city of Yachats and the Oregon Department of Transportation have signed an agreement to install “delineators” along the west side of the highway from the south edge of downtown

Yachats city council OKs new 2-year contract for union workers, gets 12 months to figure out city hall jobs

August 11, 2022
YACHATS – The Yachats City Council on Tuesday approved a new two-year contract with its unionized employees, agreeing to a 6 percent salary increase but also giving the city a year’s time to determine jobs in city hall. The contract replaces a five-year agreement that expired July 1. Most city employees not working under temporary contracts through an employment agency

Recreational crabbers can now catch triple the number of invasive green crabs, but problems will persist until ocean cools

August 9, 2022
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Despite new state regulations allowing a tripling of the number of European green crabs that can be caught, the invasive specie isn’t likely to be eliminated anytime soon from Oregon’s coastal marshes, bays and inlets. Unless, that is, the type of cooler ocean waters more prevalent before about 2015 return. “I’m actually pretty hopeful that will be

Fire departments in Lincoln County receive $270,000 from state to augment staff during hottest and busiest weeks of summer

August 8, 2022
Eight fire departments in Lincoln County have received state grants totaling nearly $270,000 to increase staffing during key summer months to better react to potential fires, especially wildfires. The departments are among the 180 fire districts and departments across the state that received $6 million through a bill passed by the 2021 Legislature. Fire agencies were able to request

Report says it is “feasible” to re-introduce sea otters off Oregon’s coast, but lots of work and many more years needed

August 4, 2022
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A long-awaited federal report says it is “feasible” to reintroduce sea otters to their historical range along parts of the West Coast, including Oregon. The 200-page report, prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under a directive from Congress, does not provide a recommendation as to whether sea otter reintroduction should take place. It does,
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Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center Newport Oregon
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Newport Symphony Orchestra Newport Oregon Coast
Samaritan Health Services Samaritan Orthopedics Program Lincoln County Oregon Coast
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