By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A voter-passed ban on aerial spraying of pesticides in Lincoln County was back in court Tuesday, nearly two years after a judge overturned the initiative because it […]
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com The new head of Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program has wasted no time gearing up for a return to semi-normal operations as COVID-19 restrictions ease. Patricia […]
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com After a decade of near misses and almost collapses, work will finally begin next week just north of Waldport on the country’s first commercial-scale ocean-wave energy […]
By CHERI BRUBAKER/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Fireworks are back! Officially. And, after a year disrupted by pandemic restrictions, so are Beachcomber Days. If there is any summer event that brings […]
A slow- and high-speed police chase of a Colorado woman wanted on kidnapping charges started Wednesday near Grande Ronde and ended up two hours and 70 miles later north of […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A 14-month-old moratorium on issuing new short-term rental licenses in unincorporated areas of Lincoln County has again been extended, this time for six months. Approved by county […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District budget committee has approved a $1.34 million spending plan for 2021-22, which includes money to hire a fourth […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There’s no real organization. It’s just a group of mostly older folks from Yachats and Waldport who each Saturday morning show up along U.S. Highway 101 […]
By CHERI BRUBAKER/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Conflicts between residents of unincorporated Lincoln County and owners of vacation rentals usually take the form of lawn signs, letters to the editor, and […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Two coastal fire districts embroiled in controversy got new board members and a jolt of difficult financial news in Tuesday’s election. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday […]
