By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – A company that supplies much of the concrete in Lincoln County is embroiled in a bitter family dispute over its operation and ownership, leading […]
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Holiday season kicks off in big way this weekend with Santa’s visit, craft fairs, greens show and candlelight bridge walk
The holiday season starts crackling like a Yule log this weekend. From Yachats to Seal Rock to Waldport, local events — free to enjoy and all family-friendly — begin Saturday. […]
South county kids will pedal to happier holidays thanks to donations from Waldport’s Green Bike Co-op
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — About 40 young children in the Waldport-Yachats area will be getting free bicycles this year, courtesy of the Green Bike Co-op in Waldport. A […]
Spending by coastal tourists has almost entirely recovered from depths of the 2020 pandemic, new study shows
Spending by visitors in four northwest Oregon coastal counties has mostly rebounded from the two-year coronavirus pandemic and is expected to fully recover in 2023, according to a new […]
Lincoln County judge denies request by vacation rental owner to require a transfer of license to new owners
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Lincoln County circuit judge has denied a request by the owner of three vacation rentals in the Bayshore area of Waldport to require the sheriff’s […]
Will there be crab for Christmas? Oregon’s commercial Dungeness season delayed until at least Dec. 16
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A year ago, Taunette Dixon, along with the rest of Oregon’s $60 million commercial Dungeness crabbing industry, was dining on a diet of decidedly good news. […]
Friends and family throw a birthday party for Don Dougherty, the houseless man who made Yachats his home
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Don Dougherty’s friends – at least 150 of them — and family came out to his 65th birthday party Sunday evening, although several said […]
Waldport-area community witnesses unveiling of historic Louis Southworth statue to be placed at new city park
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – It may have been Louis Southworth’s unveiling, but it was Jesse Dolin’s doing. Eighteen months after he suggested to the city of Waldport that […]
Will an increase in Lincoln County ambulance staffing help solve Samaritan issues on transporting patients to the valley?
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Four times a day, on average, a patient at one of Samaritan Health System’s two Lincoln County hospitals needs to be moved quickly to a hospital […]
Lincoln County sheriff doesn’t like new voter-approved gun law, but will enforce it if it survives court challenges
While he doesn’t necessarily like it, Lincoln County Sheriff Curtis Landers said Tuesday he will enforce Oregon’s newly-passed Ballot Measure 114 that institutes new rules on gun permits and possession […]