To the editor: This letter is in response to the recent article on the Visitor’s Center contract, but I also hope to address other recent history of the contract process […]
Archives for July 2020
Oregon will have just three initiatives — drugs, taxes and money — on November ballot
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Drug decriminalization, a cigarette tax increase and limits on political campaign financing are on a historically short list of ballot measures that will go […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Sunday, July 5
Oregon reports 301 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 215, the […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Saturday, July 4
Oregon reports 303 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 213, the […]
In the year of a coronavirus pandemic, families and friends celebrate July 4th in Yachats in quieter, more subdued ways
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Like the last four months of 2020, July 4 in Yachats was a lot different. Gone were the big crowds lining the streets for the city’s whimsical […]
Lincoln City police arrest 7 Washington men for riot, harassing Black family during July 4 fireworks incident
On Saturday, July 4th, 2020 at about 9:33 p.m., Lincoln City Police were dispatched to the ocean beach area in front of the Inn at Spanish Head on a report […]
Second resident of Newport nursing home dies as governor warns Lincoln and seven other counties that COVID-19 outbreaks must slow
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A second resident of a Newport rehabilitation center has died of COVID-19, one day before Gov. Kate Brown put Lincoln County and seven other rural counties on […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Friday, July 3
Oregon reports 344 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths; provides Watch List data PORTLAND — The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Thursday and remains […]
Looking to reinvigorate visitor center operations, City Council awards contract to new operator, moving on from Yachats Chamber
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats has chosen a new operator for its city-funded visitors center, approving a two-year contract with a former council member who specializes in online […]
Yachats church ends funds for displaced workers after handing out $100,000, plans last round of business grants
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com After 14 weeks of supplying cash to workers displaced by the coronavirus pandemic, the well has run dry. Yachats Community Presbyterian Church has run out of money […]