By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The budget committee for the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District is recommending the board approve a proposed $1.35 million general fund spending […]
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Crestview Heights, Waldport Middle schools reopen Monday after Friday fire
WALDPORT – Students are scheduled to return Monday to Crestview Heights and Waldport Middle schools following an electrical fire early Friday that knocked out the schools’ fire sprinkler system […]
Waldport community, sheriff’s animal control officers unite to locate and capture “Meru,” the runaway German shepherd
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – After 66 days, Meru is home. The three-year-old white German shepherd disappeared in March after being attacked and chased by a pit bull at […]
Yachats woman who lied in voters pamphlet to win 2019 election pleads guilty to felony, is fined and put on probation
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats woman who lied about her background in the Lincoln County voter’s pamphlet three years ago to help get elected to a local fire board, […]
Host of agencies, biologists getting ready for another season of research into endangered silverspot butterfly south of Yachats
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com For the second year in a row, an open-air laboratory is being nurtured south of Yachats as part of a decades-long effort to save the Oregon […]
Oregon Secretary of State: Election results can be trusted, might take longer
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan shows her “Vote” tattoo before ending candidate filing for the primary election on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital […]
Yachats budget committee gets first look at 2022-23 spending plan that includes re-staffing city hall, adding public works employees
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Yachats’s new city manager has proposed a $1.74 million general fund budget for 2022-23 that under a staffing reorganization plan pays for adding five […]
Groups gearing up for dedication of Amanda Trail suspension bridge and special play honoring De-Cuys this weekend
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Six years in the making, the new Amanda Trail suspension bridge receives its formal — and respectful — welcome Saturday and Sunday. Several activities […]
Lincoln City police arrest driver after hit and run, crash and chase
On Monday May 9th, 2022, Lincoln City Police arrested 47-year-old Darren Guffey, of Lincoln City, on multiple charges after causing a motor vehicle crash and fleeing the scene. On May […]
State and local candidates, advisers have to reset passwords to Oregon campaign finance system after hack
Hundreds of candidates, treasurers and others have to reset their passwords to the Secretary of State’s online campaign finance database. (Salem Reporter) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle About 1,100 people […]