By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Lincoln County assessor has put into cold, hard figures what anyone who owns or is looking for real estate is thinking about property values. Wow. […]
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City of Waldport making offer to Lincoln County School District to buy 2.81-acre former Seashore property downtown
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The city of Waldport is going to make a run at purchasing the hulking, former middle school building and garden area that the Lincoln […]
What you need to know about mushroom hunting and gathering as season hits full stride in coastal forests
Compiled from the Salem Statesman Journal and YachatsNews.com It’s mushroom season on the Oregon coast. The prize of the local fungi group is the Pacific golden chanterelle, which was […]
City of Waldport agrees to sell fire station to COCF&R for $1.02 million — and forgive loan if district helps it win big state grant
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The contentious issue of ownership of the main fire station in downtown Waldport may be settled – for one to five years, at least. […]
Lincoln County advisory group will look at 6 companies to oversee $1 million grant to combat homelessness
An advisory board appointed to combat homelessness in Lincoln County has selected six firms to compete for the right to oversee administration of the effort. Interviews will take place after […]
Tourism officials, workers urged to make area truly “The People’s Coast” by making visitors of color feel more welcomed
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Zachary Stocks is heavily involved in the Oregon coast tourism industry. The native of Williamsburg, Va. has worked on the tall ships that visited […]
Yachats Mushroom Festival returns Friday with full weekend slate of walks, talks — and dining
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — After a two-year, Covid-imposed hiatus, the Yachats Mushroom Festival returns Friday for a three-day run that’s expected to draw considerable numbers of fungi-lovers. Mycology […]
Owners of Gibson Farms in Lincoln County learn to take advantage of location, while trying to fight off blueberry-eating pigeons
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI/Oregon Capital Press SILETZ — As an island of agriculture in a sea of timber production, the owners of Gibson Farms have learned to take advantage of […]
Sigler pleads guilty to manslaughter and burglaries in 2020 killing of Mark Campbell, sentenced to 27 years in prison
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT – One by one they walked up to face the man who had just admitted Tuesday to killing Mark Campbell of Waldport nearly two years […]
Yachats Chamber of Commerce’s new executive director shares thoughts about the community, tourism and help for businesses
BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Bobbi Price may have a new job in Yachats, but she’s no stranger to town. Her father, Rick Nyhus spent his early childhood living at the […]