This is Sunday night’s story; see updated story at the top of the website By QUINTON SMITH and GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews A surprise ice storm knocked out power to […]
Archives for January 2024
In first meeting of year, Waldport city council increases lodging taxes to 12 percent, bans all fireworks
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Waldport city council approved a fireworks ban and an increase in lodging taxes during its first meeting of the year. Both decisions Thursday moved […]
Waldport woman dies Thursday night in collision with South Lincoln Ambulance, passenger severely injured
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – A 25-year-old Waldport woman died and her 16-year-old passenger was critically injured Thursday evening when their car collided with a South Lincoln Ambulance pulling […]
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to decide Oregon case involving homeless camping on public lands
By KELSEY REICHMAN/Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if cities can punish homeless people for sleeping on public lands. The case before the court […]
Oregon Supreme Court will defer to U.S. Supreme Court in Trump ballot access case
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Oregon Supreme Court will defer to the U.S. Supreme Court and won’t hear a court case challenging former President Donald Trump’s ability […]
Yachats library commission debates what to do with 50-year-old building — raze and rebuild, remodel or just move
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS – A proposal to update the 50-year-old Yachats library is facing a decision shared by many homeowners — is it better to move to a […]
Yachats fire district board tentatively agrees to new updated response agreement with Central Coast fire
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats fire district will continue to give and receive help on routine calls with its counterpart in Waldport under an “automatic aid” agreement […]
Despite stormy weather, Dreamland crews making good progress on Yachats’ new “whale” skatepark
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The new Yachats skate park is taking shape remarkably fast despite bouts of rain that have sent frogs in search of higher ground. “It’s […]
Oregon Government Ethics Commission chooses its compliance coordinator to be next executive director
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The state ethics commission has chosen one of its own to be its next executive director. In a unanimous vote among the eight […]
Newspapers in Newport, Lincoln City combine to form Lincoln County Leader
The owner of the weekly newspapers in Newport and Lincoln City ended those publications this week and is combining them into a single paper called The Lincoln County Leader to […]