By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – New information about the cost of remodeling its fire station in downtown Waldport has the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District board looking […]
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Waldport High School football season comes to an end Friday night with a 63-32 loss to Lost River in OSAA quarterfinals
Waldport High School’s football season ended Friday night in the high desert of southeastern Oregon. Lost River High School of Merrill, Ore. used a punishing ground game and a […]
Siuslaw Forest officials tells homeowner near Forest Hills Street to allow hikers on adjacent, public Starr Creek trail
By QUINTON SMITH/YahatsNews.com After months of complaints by a Yachats trails user, Siuslaw National Forest officials have agreed to resolve a conflict with a homeowner on Forest Hills Street […]
Faced with increasing stress and more struggling students, Lincoln County teachers union asks district to ease up on new programs
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Lots of teachers in the Lincoln County School District are stressed and some are talking about quitting. Administrators and classified staff are stressed too. […]
Yachats fire board discusses how to proceed after Nov. 2 levy defeat, but uncertain on what to do next or how to do it
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The board of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District is not sure what it’s going to do about its levy proposal that voters turned down last […]
Lincoln County begins working on implementing vacation rental phase out in unincorporated neighborhoods, sheriff sends notices and opponents vow to fight on
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Two days after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure phasing out vacation rentals in unincorporated neighborhoods of Lincoln County, discussion has started how to implement […]
Yachats-area voters reject big, new levy request by Yachats fire district, the first election defeat in its history
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District’s request for a big, new tax levy went down in flames Tuesday as voters turned down a money appeal for […]
Investigator for lawyers in class action suit says Echo Mountain fire and three others in 2020 likely caused by PacificCorp equipment
By CASSANDRA PROFITA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Four of the fires that burned across Oregon on Labor Day of 2020 were likely caused by equipment owned by PacifiCorp, according to a […]
After finding Yachats lacking in bicycle racks, avid cyclist Jocko Doss pedaled into action — and now first three are ready for city’s OK
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com It took the disappearance of an old bike rack in downtown Yachats for Jocko Doss to realize how few there were in the city. That’s about […]
After two years, Lincoln County commissioners pass new short-term rental ordinance Wednesday, but have 90 days to finish details
BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Calling it a “giant step” toward addressing issues with vacation rentals in unincorporated areas of Lincoln County, commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday on a wide-ranging set of […]