By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com For the fifth consecutive summer, Yachats will greet the season with dozens of unique art banners festooning the downtown light poles along U.S. Highway 101. And […]
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Lincoln County commissioners expected to resume discussion of controversial short-term rental regulations Monday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County staff expects to complete detailed recommendations on regulations governing short-term rentals and present them to commissioners at its Monday meeting. After outlining the proposals […]
More than 200 Waldport-area residents get their first COVID-19 vaccination Thursday as Lincoln County clinics move south
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After two months of mass clinics in Newport and Lincoln City, the COVID-19 vaccine came to Waldport on Thursday. Some 215 south Lincoln County residents got […]
After 3 hours of heated debate, Oregon Senate passes legislation Thursday banning guns from state buildings
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau All firearms would be barred from state buildings, and local governments would have the option of barring them from their own buildings, under a bill […]
Oregon state budget for 2021-23 begins to take shape without major cuts and lots of federal help
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau The co-leaders of the Oregon Legislature’s budget committee have laid out their framework for balancing the next two-year state budget with more than $2 billion […]
Oregon coronavirus for Thursday, March 25: 422 new cases, 4 in Lincoln County; 36,915 vaccinations, 2 new deaths
Oregon reports 422 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths PORTLAND — There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,370, […]
OHA director says virus variants and vaccine deliveries are challenging Oregon fight against COVID-19
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The appearance in Oregon of a more contagious and virulent variant of the COVID-19 virus is concerning for health officials racing to vaccinate up […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Wednesday, March 24: 379 new cases, 5 in Lincoln County; 28,655 vaccinations, 1 new death
Oregon reports 379 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death PORTLAND — There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,368, […]
Struggling movie theaters throughout Oregon see potential state grants as the right ticket
By KEVIN HARDEN/Oregon Capital Bureau Movie theater owners across Oregon who have spent a tense year watching their revenue drop to nearly zero hope new legislation offers financial relief. A […]
With increase in COVID-19 cases, Lincoln County moves from “low” to “moderate” risk category on Friday, tightening some restrictions
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A small increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County will mean slightly tighter restrictions on some businesses and […]