By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Election contests for a seat on the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board are usually no contest at all. In the past 10 years, only […]
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Oregon Senate committee approves bill allowing affordable housing outside city UGBs
Pendleton would join Bend and Redmond in an affordable housing pilot program under a bill now one step from legislative approval. The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery […]
Oregon House finishes work on extending grace period for past-due rent, sends bill to governor
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown’s signature awaits a bill that gives tenants more time to pay past-due rent stemming from the coronavirus pandemic and protects their future […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Tuesday, May 11: 660 new cases, none in Lincoln County; 34,415 vaccinations, 16 more deaths
Oregon reports 660 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 16 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 16 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,549, […]
Lincoln County drops to “moderate” risk category Friday, and under new incentives could move to “low” if 800 more people get vaccinated
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County is moving Friday from the state’s “high” to its “moderate” risk category for restrictions on business and social activity, Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday, […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, May 10: 388 new cases, none in Lincoln County; 28,659 vaccinations, 3 new deaths
Oregon reports 388 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths PORTLAND — There are three new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,533, […]
Yachats City Council votes to reopen the Commons to small, local groups
Nearly 15 months after closing the Commons building because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Yachats City Council has voted to re-open it to small, local groups. The council voted […]
The only remedy for too many short-term rentals in unincorporated Lincoln County is a license cap
To the editor: Left untreated, cancer feeds on, consumes, and eventually kills the body. I believe that left unchecked, short-term rentals feed on, consume, and kill the soul of a neighborhood. […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Sunday, May 9: 610 new cases, 1 in Lincoln County; 37,726 vaccinations, 2 more deaths
Oregon reports 610 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, two new deaths PORTLAND — There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,530 […]
After less than two months, Yachats’ interim city manager announces he’s leaving — as City Council schedules meeting to discuss management issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Oops. That didn’t last very long. The interim Yachats city manager from Texas — who some City Council members thought they could entice to stay here […]