By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is once against scrambling its priority list for COVID-19 vaccinations, with some seniors’ priority pushed from this weekend to March. Gov. Kate Brown […]
Archives for 2021
Coronavirus can’t stop Yachats Lions crab feed — online event sells out twice, now closed to new orders
The coronavirus pandemic can’t stop the Yachats Lions Club’s annual Crab Feed. The event, usually held at the Lions Hall and Yachats Commons was forced online this year – and […]
Samaritan vaccine clinic in Albany next week open to eligible Lincoln County residents
If you are a health care provider, emergency service worker or other person in the first group of Oregonians being offered the COVID-19 vaccine, Samaritan Health Services is offering shot […]
Longtime patron of the Adobe restaurant urges management to turn off marine lights
To the editor: I live in Waldport and have been dining at the Adobe restaurant in Yachats for over 20 years and will continue to support its business for many […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Jan. 13
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21010784 01/13/2021 15:14 Officer #53141 SEVERSON, SCOTT Assault, Domestic Location YACHATS, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary On 1/13/21 at approximately 3PM a disturbance was reported at Smelt Sands […]
Yachats council doesn’t seem to understand its role in council/city manager form of government
To the editor: I listened to the first meeting of the new Yachats City Council last week, and heard a serious confusion in their understanding of how a “council/city manager” […]
Lincoln County reopens registration for three-days of COVID-19 vaccinations this week after state fulfills request for 1,675 doses
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County and Samaritan Health Systems are getting 1,675 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the state Tuesday, allowing it to reopen registration and add a third […]
Lincoln County grand jury Thursday indicts accused burglar for murder in Dec. 6 killing of Waldport council member and golf course owner
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Waldport man already in jail on charges of burglarizing the apartment where Crestview Golf Course owner Mark Campbell was stabbed to death in December was […]
As Colorado company pitches Yachats on tracking down unlicensed vacation rentals, city wrestles with how to really find out
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Are there more than 50 vacation rentals operating illegally in Yachats? Some former members of the Yachats City Council thought there could be. But members of […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Thursday, Jan. 14: 1,152 new COVID-19 cases, Lincoln County has 2; 16,355 vaccinations and 29 new deaths
Oregon reports 1,152 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 29 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 29 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,737, […]