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Lincoln County district attorney-elect Jenna Wallace will be appointed to office Friday, begins work rebuilding office

June 20, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek will appoint Jenna Wallace as Lincoln County’s next district attorney on Friday as Lanee Danforth’s resignation takes effect six months before the end of her troubled four-year term. Wallace won the May primary to succeed Danforth after the incumbent decided weeks before the primary not to seek re-election. Wallace would normally have

County’s closes doors on winter shelter program’s first season — now has to remodel two buildings and chase financial help

April 2, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Chantelle Estess escorted the last of the winter shelter’s homeless guests out of the downtown Newport building at 7 a.m. Monday to spend another day on the street. By nightfall, for the first time since October, there was no place for them to get a hot meal, do their laundry and find a bed in a

Lincoln County hires new medical examiner and finds different model for death investigations

April 1, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County has found a new medical examiner and is changing the model it uses to document or investigate unattended or suspicious deaths. The change comes after Dr. Marilyn Fraser of Lincoln City, gave up the medical examiner duties last November after holding the county contract for 20 years. The new medical examiner is Dr. Peter

Judge rules that yurt and trailer complex developed in timber zone by Yachats businesswoman must be removed

February 15, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A judge said Tuesday that a Yachats businesswoman’s complex of four yurts and a recreational vehicle on 20 acres of forest land violates zoning ordinances. Lincoln County Circuit Judge Sheryl Bachart agreed with Lincoln County’s argument that the housing created by Linda Hetzler and her husband, Thomas Smith, is not permitted in a timber conservation zone

Lincoln County, other organizations increase effort to count all of the area’s homeless to gain support and funds

February 1, 2024

By YachatsNews and KATU-TV A small army of 100 volunteers from 27 organizations has completed Lincoln County’s most comprehensive count to date of the number of homeless in the area. But it could be 6-8 weeks before all the numbers and data are crunched to determine just how many people are sleeping outside, staying in motel rooms or shelters,

Although it has rental licenses available east of Highway 101, Lincoln County says it won’t issue them until all appeals end

February 1, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Jay Kay and Heidi Olsen of Poulsbo, Wash. would just like to use their 1½-year-old house between Yachats and Waldport as a vacation rental when they’re not visiting the Oregon coast themselves. They are one of 16 property owners on a Lincoln County waiting list for six licenses potentially available in an area east of U.S.

Lincoln County commissioners Wednesday will discuss banning personal fireworks — and ask cities to do the same

December 13, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Saying that public sentiment and safety concerns are turning against widespread use of personal fireworks, Lincoln County commissioners are moving to ban their sale and use anywhere in unincorporated areas of the county. Commissioners are also encouraging the seven cities in the county to do the same. At the urging of commissioner Casey Miller, the three-member

Lincoln County moves into new, permanent winter homeless shelter in downtown Newport this week

November 30, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT – One month earlier than expected, Lincoln County has moved its first all-weather winter homeless shelter into a 4,000-square foot building one block off U.S. Highway 101 in downtown Newport. The county launched its first shelter program Oct. 3, splitting time between two churches. But it was able to make the move this week to

Lincoln County goes to court to remove Yachats businesswoman’s employee compound in “timber conservation” zone

October 18, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County officials have gone to court seeking a judge’s order to force the removal of four yurts and a travel trailer from a 20-acre property that a Yachats businesswoman is using to house employees and their families. The request for an injunction comes after seven months of back-and-forth between Drift Inn owner Linda Hetzler and

Yachats council OKs $4,473 for county’s winter shelter effort, but still wrestling with camping ordinance for city

September 21, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – With a nod to the money it receives from Lincoln County to care for the homeless, the Yachats city council Wednesday unanimously approved chipping in $4,473 to support regional emergency winter shelters. County officials asked Yachats and other cities for a contribution of $4.50 per person based on its population in the 2020 Census

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Lincoln County district attorney-elect Jenna Wallace will be appointed to office Friday, begins work rebuilding office

County’s closes doors on winter shelter program’s first season — now has to remodel two buildings and chase financial help

Lincoln County hires new medical examiner and finds different model for death investigations

Judge rules that yurt and trailer complex developed in timber zone by Yachats businesswoman must be removed

Lincoln County, other organizations increase effort to count all of the area’s homeless to gain support and funds

Although it has rental licenses available east of Highway 101, Lincoln County says it won’t issue them until all appeals end

Lincoln County commissioners Wednesday will discuss banning personal fireworks — and ask cities to do the same

Lincoln County moves into new, permanent winter homeless shelter in downtown Newport this week

Lincoln County goes to court to remove Yachats businesswoman’s employee compound in “timber conservation” zone

Yachats council OKs $4,473 for county’s winter shelter effort, but still wrestling with camping ordinance for city

Letters from readers

Look at Medicare Advantage plans carefully before making a decision

Lincoln County has benefitted from Hall’s service for 20 years

Jacobi urges voters to not sign Hall recall petition

Obituaries

Marie Jones of Newport

Rebecca L. Bloch of Yachats

Sandra Lee Dunn of Yachats