By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Goodbye, Kurt Schrader. Hello, Peter DeFazio. Goodbye Boomer Wright. Hello Dave Gomberg. Well, in January 2023 most likely. That’s what the final redrawing this week of congressional […]
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Interested in local news? Here’s a 2021 update about YachatsNews’ operations, plans for the future — and a request
To readers of YachatsNews: My last update on the news site was eight months ago, so it is time to offer an update on the efforts to bring local […]
Appointments being taken for first Lincoln County booster clinic Friday in Newport, with clinics to follow in Yachats and Lincoln City
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County is ready to offer booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next Friday if a federal agency and a consortium of western states follow […]
After missing a year, Oregon Coast Jazz Party is back Oct. 1-2 under direction of noted clarinetist Ken Peplowski
By Oregon ArtsWatch NEWPORT — After a pause for COVID last year, the Oregon Coast Jazz Party is on again. This year, it comes under the direction of noted […]
Central Coast fire board will get appraisal for station property it wants to buy, but board members and chief clash over other issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The board of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District will get a professional appraisal of the building it is leasing from the […]
Three suspects in two truck thefts elude police east of Waldport after off-and-on 13-mile high-speed chase
WALDPORT – They’ve vanished, apparently. Three suspects in the theft of two Ford F-250 trucks eluded police after a high-speed chase from Newport to east of Waldport on Sunday. The […]
In Oregon and Lincoln County, big COVID-19 wave appears to have crested, but recovery unlikely before holiday season
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The record wave of COVID-19 cases in Oregon and Lincoln County appears to have crested, but the long recovery will […]
Oops. Just days after assurances from officials, Yachats Post Office closed again Monday because of staffing issues
Update Monday, Sept. 20: Despite assurances from Postal Service officials last week that staffing issues had been resolved, the lobby and transaction counter at the Yachats Post Office was closed […]
What can a rural, coastal community do when a naked man or transients in distress need help? Officially, not a lot
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Laura Mulroney’s first encounter with William Minkema occurred Sept. 3 at the front door of the C&K Market she manages in downtown Yachats. Minkema was not […]
New Waldport 6-day a week city bus system needs two things to launch — suggestions on routes and hiring drivers
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Getting around the city without a car will get easier sometime (hopefully) soon with a planned new bus service that will run a loop […]