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By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Not long after moving to Yachats, MaryBeth Selby heard an alert on her weather radio — a possible tsunami was headed for the coast. “My Internet was down, and my cellphone had no signal, so I had no way to communicate with anyone,” she said. “I started to panic.” At 2 a.m., the KoHo

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – “It’s good to be back.” That simple statement from longtime Yachats Lions Club member Jim Finlayson on Sunday summarized much of the feeling as the Yachats community inches its way back from more than two years of state and self-imposed Covid-19 shutdowns. Finlayson and Lions Club volunteers had just finished serving 100 people a

By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com Born and raised in Waldport, Chandler Turner decided he wanted to be a teacher in his final year of high school. While studying at a community college in Coos Bay, he heard of a new collaboration between the Lincoln County School District and Oregon Coast Community College designed to help residents become local educators. Turner came

By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The capstone to the weekend’s Amanda Bridge dedication festivities were Saturday and Sunday performances of “Amanda Transcending,” a two-act play that re-enacts the catastrophic events of Amanda’s expulsion, but also features a fictionalized version of advocate Joanne Kittel as one of the main characters. The work hasn’t been performed since 2018, and it is

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — As the sun popped in and out from fluffy white clouds, grown-ups chatted and laughed, kids ran around with cookies in hand and the occasional dog padded by. The initially festive mood for Saturday’s dedication of the Amanda Trail Bridge was heavily embroidered with the somber reason for the gathering. The new bridge —

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Citing its long history in the community and problems a new provider could face, Lincoln County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to renew five-year ambulance service contracts for much of the county to Pacific West Ambulance. “There’s a saying ‘If it’s not broke, don’t fix it’ and I think it applies to this situation,” said commissioner Doug

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Commissioner Kaety Jacobson, who four years ago defeated an incumbent in a May primary race, easily won a second term in Tuesday’s primary election to avoid a potential runoff in November. While ballots will continue to trickle in to the county elections office the rest of the week, as of a second round of

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – It’s a rare, bright spring day and Joanne Kittel – wearing her usual kneepads, rain gear and a reflective vest – is simultaneously transplanting ferns, dog-sitting for a friend, and greeting walkers as they make their way along the Amanda Trail. Rain or shine, it’s a typical day. There’s trail work in and around