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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lori and Mike Stevens of Chico, Calif. were looking for someplace on the Oregon coast to be close – but not too close — to their grandchildren in Eugene. Toni Trauman and Ann Fisler of Modesto, Calif. had been coming to Yachats for 20 years and finally decided to make their visit permanent. Jacqueline and Stephen

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com When Lincoln County enters Phase 2 of the state’s reopening protocol, the city of Yachats will keep its most of its facilities closed to the public. The public will have to make appointments to enter city offices inside the Yachats Commons, the Yachats City Council decided Thursday. The Commons itself will remain closed, the council decided, until

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A tense stalemate between the Lincoln County School District and its teachers’ union over a district requirement that staff report to their classrooms and teach from there appears likely to drag on for at least another week. A 90-minute negotiating session Wednesday evening ended with no breakthroughs. The two sides are not scheduled to meet again

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Like most things in the age of COVID-19, preschool and homeschool programs in Yachats are having to adapt and make major changes this fall. While Lincoln County had hoped to enter Phase 2 of the state’s reopening plan Tuesday, with looser restrictions on gatherings and businesses, commissioners voted unanimously this week to push back reopening until at

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County won’t be headed to Phase 2 of the state’s reopening plan for at least another three weeks. Concerned about unclear state guidance and data on coronavirus cases in Lincoln County, commissioners voted unanimously Monday to push back reopening until Sept. 29. The county had been scheduled to enter the phase and its looser restrictions

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Oregon Coast Community College is moving three medical programs from its Waldport building to Lincoln City this fall and will use the 8-year-old building on Crestline Drive for community-oriented classes when coronavirus restrictions allow. The college’s South Coast Center near Waldport High School has been largely devoted to the nursing and medical assistant and

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Hot weather in the Willamette Valley combined with pent-up demand has Oregon coast recreation sites, including those in Lincoln County, seeing unprecedented numbers of visitors. With some campgrounds already reopened for reservations and others set to do so soon, the Covid-related shutdowns that stalled tourism for months are nearly a distant memory. “Last weekend (Aug. 15-16)was the

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A coronavirus outbreak at a second Lincoln City hotel is worrying health officials that the virus is spreading rapidly through younger hospitality workers in north Lincoln County. Lincoln County Public Health announced this week there is a workplace outbreak at the Inn at Spanish Head, where five of 97 employees tested positive the past few days

Although Lincoln County is seeing a small rebound in its dominant hospitality industry, the county still has the highest unemployment rate in Oregon, the Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday. Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 15.2 percent in July, down from 17.3 percent in June. Last July the county’s rate was 4.4 percent, the agency said. Clatsop County