To the editor: This is a letter directed to Samaritan Health Services executive management. I have been a dual Medicaid/Medicare member of Samaritan Health for five years. During that time, […]
Letters
Tidewater resident urges community to support COCF&R levy with their vote
To the editor: I’m voting yes on Measure 21-233, the operating levy for the Central Coast Fire & Rescue district. Fellow Waldport and Tidewater residents, I’ve heard the opposition. I’ve […]
Every vote matters. Be sure to cast your ballot in May 20 election
To the editor: You may have heard that our Democracy is in crisis, in peril of falling. And it is. Trump’s constant attacks on voting rights, due process, free speech, […]
Lincoln County should also be investigating counsel and HR director’s actions
To the editor: In the midst of an encroaching national dictatorship we, the people of Lincoln County, desperately need to demonstrate solidarity at the local and state level. And yet, […]
What a Holocaust survivor could teach us about the times we’re living in
To the editor: Recently I spent most of the day reading a book I’d been putting off reading for more than 50 years — Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. Frankl’s […]
Claire Hall cares about Lincoln County and should be re-elected
To the editor: Let’s re-elect Claire Hall as Lincoln County commissioner. She cares more about Lincoln County than she cares about herself. She wants the best for all of Lincoln […]
What can be done to alert highway drivers near Yachats fire station?
To the editor: After the tragic Jan. 11 fatality, I hope that more can be done to protect the safety of those traveling on U.S. Highway 101 near the Yachats […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Rural route mail carriers Michael and Cherish Nowatchik
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews The husband-and-wife team of Michael and Cherish Nowatchik, both 34, are Waldport’s newest mail carriers. Last August they took up what is referred to internally by […]
Renters in small Waldport apartment complex search for places to live after new owner says they will become vacation rentals
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews WALDPORT – One apartment is occupied by a single mother with a 9-year-old. Another apartment is home to a disabled couple. A married couple with three […]
Yachats’ limits on vacation rentals could invite another expensive legal battle
To the editor: At a recent City Council meeting, someone in the audience stated (soto voce) that since Gerry and I rent our house part time to others, we don’t […]