By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County’s hotly contested ordinances regulating vacation rentals do not fall under Oregon’s land-use laws and the county can oversee them with its business licensing program, […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Well, that was a doozy. Continuous heavy rain for five days dumped between 10 and 17 inches of rain on the central Oregon coast through Wednesday, […]
BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open next Saturday from just south of Depoe Bay to the California border but will be delayed until at least […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews An outside judge has denied a request by Lincoln County district attorney Lanee Danforth for a preliminary injunction to prevent county commissioners from limiting the number […]
For the first time Lincoln County is offering Sunday bus service between Yachats, Waldport and its transit hub in Newport as well as between Siletz and Newport. The Lincoln […]
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews A lawsuit against the city of Newport has caused a ripple effect across Oregon that has municipalities checking their hole card to decide whether they want […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – A former Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue firefighter fired in 2018 by a disgraced former chief has won a $400,000 settlement from the district’s […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT – One month earlier than expected, Lincoln County has moved its first all-weather winter homeless shelter into a 4,000-square foot building one block off U.S. […]
By BARBARA B. COVELL/for YachatsNews YACHATS — Carl Miller lived a richly textured life, generous with his time, love and friendship and mastered the art of giving back to […]
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews WALDPORT — More than half a dozen events will bring special cheer to Waldport this holiday season, courtesy of Beachcomber Days. As in years past, the […]
