By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle Lincoln County commissioners have decided to decrease the number of vacation rental licenses allowed in two zones east of U.S. Highway 101 rather than issue […]
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Two Lincoln County commissioners scheduled to vote Wednesday on finalist to fill third seat
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Three candidates to fill an open seat on the Lincoln County commission answered questions for two hours Wednesday as they vie to fill the remaining 22 […]
Attempt by Lincoln County commission chair and counsel to consolidate authority runs into opposition
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT – An attempt by Lincoln County commission chair Claire Hall and county counsel Kristin Yuille to put Hall in charge of the commission’s work and […]
After four-month probe, investigators say Lincoln County commissioner Miller violated one personnel rule but did not harass staff
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County Commissioner Casey Miller violated personnel rules by publicly disclosing confidential issues concerning the county’s top administrator but did not bully or harass staff with […]
After more than two years, Lincoln County commissioners struggling to evaluate their first administrator
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT — An attempt by Lincoln County commissioners to conduct their first evaluation of administrator Tim Johnson in 2½ years went awry Wednesday when Johnson didn’t […]
21 days after Nov. 5 general election, Claire Hall declared winner in Lincoln County commission race
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Twenty-one days after the Nov. 5 general election, Lincoln County commissioner Claire Hall won a sixth term by a razor thin margin. The final, unofficial results […]
Lincoln County commissioner and Nov. 5 challenger have stark differences in philosophies, approach
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews In the lone race for one of three seats on the Lincoln County board of commissioners the differences are clear – a five-term incumbent with a […]
Years-long legal fight over Lincoln County’s vacation rental regulations finally gets court hearing next week
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews After more than a year of legal wrangling, some decisions may be coming this summer on the legality of Lincoln County’s short-term rental regulations in […]
County commissioners drop regular weekly meeting dates
NEWPORT — Lincoln County commissioners will now hold two regular meetings a month with workshops on Wednesdays in between. The change from weekly regular meetings has been in place since […]
Yachats council discusses issues with county commissioners
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council spent an hour Wednesday night meeting with the three Lincoln County commissioners, getting the county’s view — and asking a few questions — […]