By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – When the five-member board for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District meets Monday it will be operating under its first goals in a decade […]
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With 67-vote margin, Lincoln County commission race won’t likely be determined until Tuesday night
It may take until Tuesday night — a week after the Nov. 5 general election — to determine the winner of the lone race for a seat on the […]
Incumbent Hoyle winning against Republican challenger DeSpain in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle stepped into a divided Congress and big shoes in 2022, when she was elected to her first term to […]
22nd annual Celtic Music Festival will fill Yachats this weekend with hundreds of its devotees
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — When the Yachats Celtic Music Festival sings, strums and stomps its way into town this weekend, it isn’t only music-lovers who’ll be thrilled. Hotels, […]
Mushroom hunter lost and found near Waldport has advice: “Look up and see where you’re at …”
By FEDOR ZARKHIN/The Oregonian/OregonLive Some of Cary Kerst’s happiest childhood memories are of picking mushrooms in rural Indiana with his father 60 years ago. Those happy memories transformed into a […]
Despite glitches with facilities, Lincoln County began second year of homeless shelter operations Friday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Last year Chantelle Estess had two weeks to get Lincoln County’s winter shelter program for the homeless up and running. Despite fits and starts and trials […]
YachatsNews wrapping up its month-long fundraising campaign; just days left to support local news
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews As I said last week, while there’s never really any deadline for donations YachatsNews is wrapping up its fall fundraising campaign this week in an […]
Lincoln County clerk expects a deluge of general election ballots before Tuesday’s 8 p.m. deadline
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County is expecting a flood of ballots over the next four days as the voting deadline approaches in Tuesday’s general election. As of Friday, the […]
Lincoln County grand jury rules police justified in Sept. 5 fatal shootout with Lincoln City man
By MAXINE BERNSTEIN/The Oregonian/OregonLive A Lincoln County grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by state police who fatally shot a 38-year-old man last month after he barricaded himself in a Lincoln […]
Homeless shelter at Yachats church moves to full-time, six month schedule to house five individuals
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — After operating just 21 days in its first full season, the emergency cold weather shelter in the parking lot of Yachats Community Presbyterian Church […]