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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Paid staff and volunteers in the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District told three members of the district’s board Thursday night they had lost confidence in their ability to lead the district and asked them to resign. Eight volunteers and the district’s six firefighters “unanimously voted no confidence in your ability to direct

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Small, older houses selling for one million dollars after only days on the market. Bidding wars. Multiple offers. Local residents completely priced out of the picture. And behind it all is the simple fact that Economics 101 is driving a real estate frenzy the likes of which even longtime industry professionals have never seen in Lincoln

By BREEANA LAUGHLIN/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Sweet smells of maple syrup linger in the air at the Community Presbyterian Church in Waldport many Saturdays. “We need six breakfasts,” a volunteer shouts from behind a makeshift takeout window. Kitchen volunteers spring into action to plate up the free community breakfasts, while other volunteers busily pack a box of produce and other

NEWPORT – After a dispute stretching over three months, it looks like Lincoln County Sheriff’s detective Abby Dorsey is headed to a new job in the district attorney’s office. County commission chair Claire Hall announced Wednesday that she and commissioner Kaety Jacobson had signed off on a revised job description that had snarled Dorsey’s hiring by the DA’s office since

BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The city of Waldport will get appraisals for the property and two buildings it owns along Lint Slough Road to help determine if it makes sense to sell, lease or use them itself in some way. The two buildings – one is 4,650 square feet and the other is a 2,600 square foot shop

ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal In the morning darkness of early spring, Carol Gilbert wakes up with her two young children, makes tea and prepares for battle. While getting her 7-year-old ready for school and feeding her 2-year-old, Gilbert makes sure her computer is on, her profile logged in and her screen on the right page so the instant the