STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERED, DUGS AND ILLEGAL WEAPON SEIZED (PHOTO) News Release from Lincoln City Police Posted on FlashAlert: February 13th, 2023 2:48 PM Downloadable file: Seized_Drugs.JPG On February 1, 2023, Lincoln City […]
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Siletz members elect three to tribal council
SILETZ — Marita “Selene” Rilatos, Alfred “Buddy” Lane IV and Loraine Butler, all of Siletz, were elected to the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians in elections […]
Faced with abandoned RVs and travel trailers littering rural roads and forests, Lincoln County launches $500,000 removal program
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The massive fifth-wheel camper has been parked on Dick’s Fork Road between Yachats and Waldport since July, when the U.S. Forest Service posted it for removal. […]
Yachats city council OKs final $265,000 allocation for $1 million expansion and remodeling of library
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS — City councilors Thursday approved the final funding and a show of support needed to begin the $1 million, large-scale and long-awaited expansion of the […]
Eight coastal chambers — including Yachats, Waldport and Newport — get $201,000 in grants for tourism accessibility studies
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews If you use a wheelchair or a cane, or a hearing aid or special eyeglasses, how easy — or tough — is it to fully enjoy […]
Lincoln County commissioners finish work on vacation rental limits, drastically — but gradually — cutting back licenses
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews NEWPORT — With little discussion, Lincoln County commissioners Wednesday approved an order limiting the number of vacation rental licenses it set last week, bookending seven years of […]
AARP volunteers offering tax preparation help again in Waldport
WALDPORT — Filing taxes can be costly, but it doesn’t need to be because of some free options. AARP volunteers are offering free tax preparation again this year from 1-4 […]
Waldport man jailed for domestic violence, weapons charges
WALDPORT— A Waldport man is jailed on $250,000 bond after he was arrested on his bicycle along the Alsea Highway last weekend in possession of a Taser following an alleged […]
Two Idaho legislators push for longshot discussions about moving the state’s border with Oregon
One of the proposed “Greater Idaho” maps, which calls for several Eastern Oregon counties to secede and join Idaho. By CLARK CORBIN/Idaho Capital Sun BOISE — Two Idaho legislators are […]
City of Yachats will hold community meeting Thursday evening to talk about future uses of now-busy Commons
YACHATS – Is the Yachats Commons a community center? Is it an events center? Is it a school? Or is it all three? And, if so, just how will […]