By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Despite a surge in COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County, the Samaritan Health System hospitals in Newport and Lincoln City are in good shape with adequate space […]
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Farm tour returns for 11th annual run Saturday, luring locals and visitors to nine operations in Yachats River valley
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com For an outing that yields farm-fresh produce, honey, grass-fed beef and more, the Yachats River Valley Farm Tour offers other bonuses too — you can support […]
Waldport-based fire district will ask voters in November to approve levy to hire another firefighter and put aside money for equipment
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Voters in the Central Coast Fire & Rescue district will get to decide in November if the district can hire another firefighter and put […]
Extreme danger leads to immediate ban on beach fires, and an end to campfires in state, national forest parks beginning Friday
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Extreme drought conditions have triggered an immediate ban of fires on open beaches and in Oregon State Parks day-use areas along Oregon’s central coast. On Friday, Aug. […]
As Covid cases surge, Lincoln County is recommending — but not requiring — wearing masks in indoor, public places
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A quickly increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County prompted county officials Thursday to ask that people age 5 and older resume wearing masks in […]
Yachats Library adds more than 58,000 titles with new eBooks online system available to residents of 97498 Zip code
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com There’s a big new library in town for those who like to read on their desktop computers, tablets and even cellphones. Digital content has come to […]
Lincoln County voters will get to decide vacation rental issue in November, as initiative to phase them out is approved for the ballot
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Frustrated by delays from Lincoln County commissioners, a group opposed to vacation rentals in residential neighborhoods has qualified its initiative petition phasing them out for the […]
There was little rain — as usual — in July; Yachats water supply is OK for now while Seal Rock and Toledo ask for conservation
There wasn’t much rain in July, as usual – but it wasn’t dry enough to result in voluntary water restrictions in Yachats. Yet. Elsewhere in Lincoln County, the city of […]
Popular “Shop at the Dock” program resumes in Newport, introducing public to coast’s commercial fleet — and its catch
By CHRIS BRANAM/OSU Extension Communications NEWPORT – With her group assembled and the squawks of seagulls echoing across Yaquina Bay, Angee Doerr headed down the steel ramp at dock […]
Families of more than 5,000 Lincoln County children are receiving $3.3 million in state aid for missing school lunches last year
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com The families of thousands of Lincoln County students are beginning to receive payments compensating them for school-provided meals they missed over the past year to due […]