By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews This week’s news report by YachatsNews provides a clear example of why Lincoln County needs a vibrant local news organization. The question is if YachatsNews […]
Archives for June 2024
Months before tourist’s death in Lincoln City, police warned attacker was “hearing voices telling him to kill someone”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The father of a man charged with stomping a tourist to death outside a Lincoln City motel last month had warned police months earlier that his […]
State expands shellfish closures to all of Oregon coast Thursday
Two state agencies announced Thursday they had closed the entire Oregon coast to all razor and bay clam harvesting because of historic high levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning. However, crab […]
Waldport/Yachats contract for sheriff’s deputies inches closer to agreement — but commissioners want to pin down cost
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Whether Yachats will have a dedicated Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy in the upcoming year – tied to Waldport receiving a significant discount if it continues with […]
PacifiCorp and many victims of 2020 Echo Mountain wildfire in Otis settle claims for $178 million
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman-Journal PacifiCorp reached a $178 million settlement with 403 victims of the 2020 Labor Day fires, the company announced this week, while hitting an impasse with […]
Owner of seaweed harvesting company offers seminar on how to identify ocean’s bounty
By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY Alanna Kieffer digs seaweed. Or, more accurately, she cuts pieces of it off with scissors, leaving intact the “hold fast” and the lower part […]
Tibetan monks from India return to Newport for a week of educational, spiritual offerings
By Oregon Coast TODAY The Tibetan monks of the Gaden Shartse Monastery in southern India have been on tour for more than a year and will return to Newport […]
Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District UPDATED NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
Federal appeals court ruling allows hospitals’ mental health lawsuit against Oregon to continue
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle A federal lawsuit that four hospital systems filed against the Oregon Health Authority for failing to adequately care for people experiencing mental illness can continue […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Melaia Kilduff and Eddyville students compete in KidWind World Challenge
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews The Minneapolis Convention Center is a very big place, overwhelming for almost everyone, especially huge in the eyes of four Lincoln County third- and fourth- graders […]