By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A sharp decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases may get Lincoln County off Gov. Kate Brown’s “watch list” as early as Friday. And if […]
Lincoln County continues to have the highest unemployment rate in Oregon, according to county-by-county statistics released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department. The June unemployment rate for the county […]
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com After a surprising halt due to the financially devastating impact of the coronavirus, the Amanda Trail bridge project – considered one of the most historically and […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com An Oregon agency that overlooked Oregon Coast Community College’s becoming a standalone institution in February almost cost the college $320,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds. The […]
PETE DANKO/Portland Business Journal With a big pot of federal money in hand, Oregon State University trustees have approved a $73.5 million capital budget for PacWave, a project just north […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The death toll for residents of a Newport nursing home who tested positive for COVID-19 reached five Monday, as county health officials warned of increasing spread in […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Kama Almasi of Yachats has lived in Japan, been a paralegal in Seattle, taught college in Wisconsin – and this spring taught math to middle school students […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Lincoln County reported its sixth COVID-19 related death Friday, a 91-year-old man who died at his residence. That follows the county’s highest […]
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com When the coronavirus pandemic forced cancellation of the Yachats Ladies Club’s traditional fundraising activities this year, members took the opportunity to provide a different service to the […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council has forgiven $11,000 of a $19,000 water and sewer bill for the owners of Fisterra Gardens Townhomes because of a massive water leak […]
