Other Yachats Community News - Page 94

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews My sister-in-law and her husband are building a house on the former Reynolds family property next door in our little Yachats neighborhood. As the lot was cleared, the foundation dug and poured and walls went up I admired all the workers who showed up each day to brave wind, rain and cold through the winter – and

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County commissioners are considering a 300 percent increase in fees for property owners wanting to renew their vacation rental licenses to $500 a year. Commissioners last week said they were comfortable with the yearly renewal fee rising from the current $125 – and that maybe it should increase to $525 to fully cover costs of

By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Every day since May 4, the first bill on the agenda for the Oregon state Senate has been a resolution to honor a small-town reserve police officer shot and killed by a teenager during a car chase in 1969. Every day since May 4, the Senate has adjourned without a quorum, leaving

This is the second of a two-part series on homelessness in Lincoln County and a $1 million pilot program to help tackle the crisis. The first part ran June 2 and can be found here. By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews U.S. Navy veteran Tamera Speights was living in Stayton when the Beachie Creek fire bore down on her neighborhood

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The emergency management division of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a countywide test of its emergency notification system between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday. The test gives emergency managers an opportunity to check all components of the system in preparation for summer wildfire conditions. Notifications will be sent via phone calls, texts and