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By CHERI BRUBAKER/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Conflicts between residents of unincorporated Lincoln County and owners of vacation rentals usually take the form of lawn signs, letters to the editor, and strongly worded comments to county commissioners. On Saturday, full-time residents and owners of vacation rentals in the Bayshore community went face-to-face in a contentious and emotional 5-hour meeting in what

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Two coastal fire districts embroiled in controversy got new board members and a jolt of difficult financial news in Tuesday’s election. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday the Lincoln County Clerk’s office said 99 percent of all ballots had been counted – a turnout of nearly 30 percent. The five-member Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board,

By YachatsNews.com Lincoln County and four others across Oregon will move permanently Friday to the state’s lowest risk category for business and social restrictions after vaccinating 65 percent of its residents age 16 and older. Gov. Kate Brown made the announcement Tuesday, the first week counties could move to low risk if they met the state’s vaccination goal and if

In Ohio there’s a $1 million weekly lottery that newly vaccinated people can enter. In New York City, the mayor offered burgers and fries from Shake Shack for anyone getting a COVID-19 vaccine. In Yachats on Friday, people who show up to receive the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine will get a $6 gift certificate to Yachats Brewing + Farmstore,

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District should ask voters for more property taxes in November, one longtime board member said last week, because the district is “in trouble” financially. The district has been operating $400,000 to $500,000 in the red for much of the past three years, drawing from a bank’s line of credit from February

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Now that children as young as 12 can get vaccinated against COVID-19, Lincoln County Public Health is taking their clinics to where kids are – schools. The health department, with the cooperation of the Lincoln County School District, has scheduled four clinics this week and next at schools in Waldport, Toledo, Lincoln City and Newport. Lincoln

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The money could mean a custodian for the city of Waldport, or the start of a 7-acre park downtown. For Lincoln County it means balancing a budget without cutting staff or services this summer or fall. For the Lincoln County School District, the influx of federal money means millions for everything from instruction support and training to

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Election contests for a seat on the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board are usually no contest at all. In the past 10 years, only one election – in May 2017 – had any contested races for board positions. In 2017, unusual circumstances had all five board seats up for election, and there were contested