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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The new owner of the Adobe Motel and Restaurant plans to remodel the lobby, update rooms, retained its general manager and extended job offers to some 55 employees. The sale of the Adobe properties was in progress for weeks and completed Friday, as expected. Fusion Lodging of Portland purchased the 110-room motel, duplex, owner’s

By QUINTON SMTH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Two embattled members of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board have notified Lincoln County they will not resign – setting up a district-wide recall election for June 7. COCF&R board members Todd Holt and Kathryn Menefee on Saturday filed their state-required “statement of justification” to remain in office. That was just two

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregonians who lost their homes in the 2020 Labor Day fires — including the nearly 300 in Otis in north Lincoln County — will get the chance to weigh in on the state’s plan for $422 million in federal recovery money. The rebuilding effort, called ReOregon, is led by the Oregon Housing and Community

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Trying to become a Lincoln County commissioner is becoming more popular — but don’t expect two races in the May 17 primary election to determine an immediate winner. Ballots are already arriving in the mail for the 40,043 people who have registered to vote in Lincoln County. They are due – including now being allowed to

By BREEANA LAUGHLIN/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — A new festival in Waldport will bring adventure bicyclists together with community members for a day full of “Beach, Bike and Blues” on Saturday. While bicyclists competing in the Oregon Coast Gravel Epic ascend steep unpaved logging roads just outside of town, their friends and families can join with locals for music, a vendor

By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – Any homeowners in the Seal Rock Fire District who may have seen a steep increase in their insurance policies shouldn’t blame a newly re-evaluated fire safety rating, the district’s new chief and board members say. A Facebook post in a community group this month stirred talk that possible mismanagement of the Seal Rock

WALDPORT – After some blustering, an attorney’s investigation and an appraisal last year, the board of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue district has quietly approved a five-year lease to use the station it currently occupies in downtown Waldport. The station is owned by the city of Waldport, which has been renting it to the district for $1