By YachatsNews.com Lincoln County and four others across Oregon will move permanently Friday to the state’s lowest risk category for business and social restrictions after vaccinating 65 percent of its […]
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Yachats Brewing and Yachats News offering incentive for J&J vaccine walk-ins Friday at Yachats clinic
In Ohio there’s a $1 million weekly lottery that newly vaccinated people can enter. In New York City, the mayor offered burgers and fries from Shake Shack for anyone getting […]
Longtime Yachats Fire board member says district is in financial trouble and should ask voters in November for bigger levy
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District should ask voters for more property taxes in November, one longtime board member said last week, because the district is […]
As age limits drop for COVID-19 vaccines, Lincoln County begins taking its clinics into LCSD high schools
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Now that children as young as 12 can get vaccinated against COVID-19, Lincoln County Public Health is taking their clinics to where kids are – schools. […]
Local governments in Lincoln County suddenly have an interesting problem — how to spend millions in new federal relief funds
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The money could mean a custodian for the city of Waldport, or the start of a 7-acre park downtown. For Lincoln County it means balancing a budget […]
Candidates for Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue Board answer questions about the district, the board, the issues and themselves
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Election contests for a seat on the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board are usually no contest at all. In the past 10 years, only […]
Lincoln County drops to “moderate” risk category Friday, and under new incentives could move to “low” if 800 more people get vaccinated
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County is moving Friday from the state’s “high” to its “moderate” risk category for restrictions on business and social activity, Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday, […]
Tighter rules on vacation rentals in unincorporated Lincoln County appear likely after commissioners say “yes” to tentative proposals
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County appears headed to new, tighter restrictions on vacation rentals in unincorporated areas. County commissioners Monday agreed – without much discussion, yet – to have […]
As demand for vaccines slows, Lincoln County moves away from large, mass clinics to focus on small communities, businesses, schools
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com When the big blue Samaritan Health Systems bus pulled behind the Yachats Commons to deliver 90 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Friday, it represented the next […]
Lincoln County stays at “high risk” level; Gov. Kate Brown moves 15 others back to “high” after near-metric miss
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The indoor dining ban and other major restrictions under COVID-19 rules will be lifted Friday for 15 counties because a key metric was […]