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Graduation rates skyrocket at Waldport High School
Waldport High School increased its four-year graduation rate to almost 94 percent for the 2014-18 school years, the highest rate among the Lincoln County School District’s high schools and 15 […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate holds at 5 percent
The unemployment rate in Lincoln County held steady at a seasonally adjusted 5 percent in December, according to data released Wednesday by the Oregon Employment Department in Newport. The seasonally […]
State police seek help in elk poaching
Oregon State Police is asking for help identifying the person or people responsible for the unlawful killing and waste of a 5-point bull elk near Toledo in east Lincoln County. […]
Communication workshop scheduled in Yachats
Two Yachats residents are hosting a workshop March 2-3 on non-violent and compassionate communication. The workshop will be led by LaShelle Lowe-Charde of Portland, a certified non-violent communication trainer. The […]
Yachats gets its first marijuana dispensary
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats has its first pot shop. Yachats Cannabis Company opened for business Tuesday afternoon in the long-vacant blue building at 430 N. Highway 101 across from City […]
Big crowds make Agate Festival a success
Visitors to the Yachats Agate Festival look at exhibitor displays Sunday at the Yachats Commons. Organizers said crowds on Saturday and Sunday were the largest in the eight years of […]
Yachats Fire District struggles to contain cost of new station
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Problems with the site of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District’s new $8.3 million station along U.S. Highway 101 have forced the district to make dozens of […]
Little Log Church in 1927 – or was it 1929 or 1930?
The Rev. Rolla Phelps and his wife, Stella, sit on the steps of the Little Log Church in Yachats. Records show they purchased the property in 1929 for $200 but […]
City Council works through long agenda Wednesday night
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The fine details of how even a small city is governed and operates were on full display Wednesday night during the second Yachats City Council meeting of […]