By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews SEAL ROCK – The first flicker comes as the sun dips below the horizon and light begins to fade from the sky. In a seemingly erratic […]
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Lincoln County dispute over deputy contracts likely resolved for one year as sheriff agrees to absorb added costs
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County officials believe they have resolved – for one year at least — a dispute that broke into the public view last week over sheriff […]
Revitalized Yachats emergency committee aims to help locals and visitors prepare for and survive disasters
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether pandemic or prolonged power outage, forest inferno or earthquake with a tsunami chaser, preparing for possible emergencies on the Oregon coast is an […]
Wallace elected Lincoln County’s next district attorney, but learns three of six prosecutors departing soon
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The biggest challenge for Lincoln County’s newly elected district attorney may not be prosecuting bad guys but finding and keeping attorneys on her staff. Jenna Wallace, […]
Democrat, GOP legislators will square off in November for three statewide races
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon voters decided to give a slate of state legislators a chance to prove themselves worthy of a promotion to statewide office in the November […]
Pro-Palestinian protestors ending encampment at University of Oregon after reaching deal
By NATHAN WILK/KLCC News EUGENE — The Pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Oregon has agreed to disband after more than three weeks. Student protesters were taking down tents Thursday […]
Veterans resource center holding first women’s luncheon June 12
The Lincoln County Veterans Resource Center is hosting its first women veterans luncheon at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 12 at the Agate Beach Best Western in Newport. The luncheon will […]
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate stays at 4.6 percent in April
Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in April, unchanged from 4.6 percent rate in March, the Oregon Employment Department announced this week. The unemployment rate was 4.2 […]
With 3,000 wreaths, 79th annual Fleet of Flowers on Monday will commemorate those lost at sea
By Oregon Coast TODAY DEPOE BAY — Of the many festivities and commemorations on the central Oregon coast this Memorial Day weekend, few are as visually stunning as Depoe […]
Dance students from two organizations present annual performance Sunday at Newport PAC
By Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — Pacific Dance Ensemble and students from Newport School of Artistic Movement will present their 37th annual gift to the community, “Dances from the […]