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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Another hotly-contested campaign involving Lincoln County’s legal community is again roiling the county courthouse in a general election race between an experienced lawyer appointed to a top position by the governor and a younger, aggressive opponent who was passed over for the job. Think it’s a re-run of

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com The only Oregon State Senate district that encompasses solely the coast has burst into prominence as one of the most-watched legislative races in the 2020 general election. The District 5 race pits Dick Anderson, the two-time Republican mayor of Lincoln City, against Democratic two-term Coos County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins.

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com The City of Waldport has a fortunate dilemma. Fortunate because it has acquired two highly visible buildings for a total price of $1. The dilemma comes from deciding not just which local organizations get to occupy the buildings, but when and how – and also without straining the city budget. The first building to land in

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and JAKE THOMAS/The Salem Reporter Lincoln County has mailed out a record 39,065 ballots for the Nov. 3 election and voters should be receiving them Friday or this weekend. “That’s the highest we’ve ever been,” Lincoln County Clerk Dana Jenkins told YachatsNews.com. “We’ve been steadily increasing but we’ve seen a huge increase in registrations the past

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com For the fourth time in a year, police come across a troubled, occasionally homeless woman with a small amount of drugs. Should police cite her for possession of a controlled substance, take her to jail where she is booked, given a date to show up in court and then released? Or, should police call a mental health/addiction

YachatsNews is sponsoring a forum for candidates for Yachats mayor, city council and Lincoln County commission. Because it might be the only live, in-person candidate’s forum in Lincoln County this fall, there will be some restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic. The forum will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 in the outdoor pavilion behind the Yachats Commons. Nine

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley is seeking to sew up his seat for another six years, hoping Democrats can snatch the Senate majority from Republicans on Nov. 3. “I’m going to work to fix our broken and dysfunctional Senate so it isn’t just a graveyard for good ideas,” Merkley said in March 3

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County’s incoming kindergarteners, aided by dropping cases countywide of new virus infections, will begin limited in-person instruction starting Monday and Tuesday. Limited numbers of students enrolled in career technical education and special education programs will also start the new school year in person, following the months-long shutdown triggered last March when widespread outbreaks of coronavirus

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Kraig Lindelin spent all summer leading a three-person crew rebuilding and refurbishing the dozens of miles of trails that snake through the Cape Perpetua natural area south of Yachats. Still, he was utterly unprepared for what he saw there in the aftermath of unusually powerful east winds that ripped across the cape’s forested hillsides Sept. 7-8.