By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The city of Waldport has ended the lease of its former city shops to a distillery after its owners failed to get permits, including a […]
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With deadlines looming, Central Oregon Coast Fire board seeks legal advice for negotiations and appraisal of city building
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The Central Oregon Coast Fire District board is facing a series of deadlines and decisions on the potential of turning the main station it […]
The number of Lincoln County COVID-19 cases in August jumps to 551, double the number of the worst month in all of last year
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The number of COVID-19 cases this month in Lincoln County has skyrocketed to 551 as of Wednesday and by the end of August will likely be […]
Surging COVID-19 cases are forcing the cancellation of summer and fall events — including Yachats Celtic Festival for second year
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com The COVID-19 Delta variant that is surging through Oregon and Lincoln County has started knocking off entertainment and other events scheduled the next few months. The […]
Repurposed school bus hits the road in Lincoln County hoping to bring art programs to 800 children in rural areas
By Oregon ArtsWatch For kids living in rural areas, an art program only miles away may still be too far. Even shorter drives can be time consuming — assuming there’s […]
Despite departure of popular Chubby’s from downtown Waldport, city hopes to create a pod of 4-6 food carts to expand dining options
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The departure of a popular food cart in downtown Waldport isn’t deterring city officials from trying to establish a “pod” of 4-6 such outlets […]
Yachats’ Post Office is not closing, but struggling with staffing issues like many other coastal and rural post offices
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Post Office, which shut Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday, is not closing but is struggling like most post offices on the Oregon coast with […]
Surging Delta varient means Lincoln County has more COVID-19 cases — 422 — so far in August than in worst months of 2020
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County has had more COVID-19 cases – 422 – in the first 19 days of August than during the big Newport seafood plant outbreak last […]
Influx of $10 million to Oregon Coast Aquarium will help popular Newport attraction to move past struggles of past 10 years
By LORI TOBIAS/Oregon ArtsWatch NEWPORT — Carrie Lewis was driving when she got news that the Oregon Coast Aquarium had been awarded a $5 million grant. “Literally, I had to pull […]
Corvallis investor is buying former Yachats fire station, looking for the right tenants and how building can contribute to community
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Rick Ramsey is buying a fire station. Now he just needs to figure out what exactly to do with it. Ramsey, 62, of Corvallis, is in […]