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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Deputy District Attorney Lanee Danforth defeated her boss, Lincoln County District Attorney Jonathan Cable, on Tuesday night in the hotly contested race to see who will be the top law enforcement officer in the county for the next four years. Danforth received 9,484 votes to Cable’s 6,061. A third candidate, deputy district attorney Kenneth

Oregon State Police started getting the calls about 1:20 p.m. on a mid-April Thursday. There was a man sitting on the shoulder of Oregon 229 along the Siltez River near Kernville and acting erractically. Twenty minutes later there were more reports of a shirtless man jumping out into traffic. When they arrived, state troopers reported the man was uncooperative,

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After two months of uniting to close motels, vacation rentals, RV parks and campgrounds to recreational visitors, Lincoln County and its seven cities went their separate ways Thursday on when to reopen them. At the end of a 2 ½-hour meeting, Lincoln County commissioners and the city councils of Yachats and Lincoln City voted to keep

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County commissioners voted 2-1 Monday to send a plan to the state outlining how it meets guidelines for reopening businesses closed under Oregon’s coronavirus restrictions. While many counties are racing to reopen some businesses – including restaurants — on Friday, Lincoln County commissioners were reluctant to specify a reopening date. Chair Kaety Jacobson said if the