By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Oregon Government Ethics Commission has voted unanimously to proceed with a full investigation of Lincoln County School District superintendent Majalise Tolan over a complaint that […]
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Siletz Charter School principal on administrative leave after student protests over Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Story and photos by NIKA BARTOO-SMITH/Underscore News SILETZ — Students at one of the few schools near the central Oregon coast serving the Siletz Reservation called for their school to […]
Yachats Fire District asking voters to renew a 61 cent levy it’s had for 24 years to help fund operations
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews One year after approving a new, larger tax levy for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District, voters in the district now face the decision of whether to […]
Badly needed infant and toddler care investments aren’t reaching Oregon’s central and north coasts
By KAYLEE TORNAY/ InvestigateWest Jess Sollaccio never expected it would be so difficult to find child care. A tech worker living near Astoria, Jess was making a good wage […]
40,000 voters in Lincoln County being asked to raise lodging taxes on visitors to 530 properties to support parks
By Yachats News staff More than 40,000 voters in Lincoln County have an interesting choice in front of them – do they raise taxes on folks other than themselves? […]
A last minute stop. A walk on the beach. A sneaker wave. A dramatic rescue all unfold on Yachats beach
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A woman’s stop at the beach to run her dog before hitting the road to the Bay Area turned harrowing Thursday, Oct. 19 when […]
The new and lone volunteer overseeing Yachats’ only cemetery now seeking help from the community
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — It’s enough to make a property developer drool — 14 acres of land with a commanding ocean view sloping east from U.S. Highway 101, […]
Your Lincoln County property tax bills have arrived — so be prepared (again) for some sticker shock
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Property values In Lincoln County increased by 16 percent in the past year – down from a record spike in 2022 but still the second highest […]
Lincoln County goes to court to remove Yachats businesswoman’s employee compound in “timber conservation” zone
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County officials have gone to court seeking a judge’s order to force the removal of four yurts and a travel trailer from a 20-acre property […]
Fondness for fungi drives Yachats’ big mushroom festival — and one local family’s 32-year-old business
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews Yachats is in for three days of mushroom mania this weekend as its namesake Mushroom Festival pops up all over town. And while the mix of […]