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By QUINTON SMITH and CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District is back to having a full, five-member board. Just six hours after Lincoln County commissioners appointed one member to the board, the new three-member majority voted unanimously Thursday evening to appoint two more residents to fill vacant seats. County commissioners Thursday morning voted

NEWPORT — Visitors to the Oregon Coast Aquarium will find a but more to see and do this summer. The aquarium has opened a new play area, amphitheater, water feature and an updated lobby, finishing the first of a three-phase renovation project that will cost an estimated $18 million. The aquarium draws some 420,000 visitors each year, making it one of

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – In the end, there were too many unresolved issues. Some 11 months after an original application and eight months after a previously scheduled hearing, the Yachats Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday evening to turn down a conditional use permit to allow a hotly debated motel project along Yachats Ocean Road. There was little debate

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Doug Sestrich’s job often depends on the ocean’s tide — and sometimes the weather. Two or three days a week, he drives miles of shoreline from Yaquina Bay to Carl Washburne State Park in an Oregon State Parks off-road vehicle looking for everything from trash, to snowy plovers to illegal activity. “My goal is to be

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Eight people have expressed interest in being appointed by Lincoln County commissioners to an open seat on the troubled Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board — a selection that will have to be made in a special meeting next week because a recalled fire board member refuses to resign. To be considered for