By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council kicked off the new year Thursday with a nearly four-hour meeting, swearing in three new members, deciding on a timetable for appointing […]
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Depending on where you live and how you measure, Yachats’ yearly rainfall in 2020 was a lot or a little below average
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It’s a good thing that Adam Altson is a morning person. Every day at 7 a.m. the Yachats resident goes out to measure rainfall for the […]
Yachats’ city manager is a finalist for similar position in Willamette Valley community of Carlton
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats City Manager Shannon Beaucaire is one of four finalists to become the city manager in Carlton, a small city in the wine region of Yamhill County. […]
Lincoln County’s health agency and Pacific West Ambulance get their first shipments of the new Moderna vaccine
From YachatsNews.com and Oregon Public Broadcasting Lincoln County Public Health and a Newport-based ambulance service have received their first shipments of the new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and started administering […]
Lincoln County moves back to Oregon’s “high risk” category on Friday, allowing restaurants, bars, gyms and theaters to reopen once again
Lincoln County residents can dine in restaurants and bars again – if they feel comfortable – starting Friday. Unfortunately, they won’t be able to do that New Year’s Eve. […]
Annual Yachats New Year’s peace hike will involve individual rituals and online video because of COVID-19 precautions
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Like so many Yachats traditions, this season’s New Year’s Day Peace Hike won’t go on as planned — but it will take shape person by person […]
Newport hospital begins administering first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to employees, hopes to finish first round by Saturday
By Quinton Smith/YachatsNews.com Nurses at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport began administering the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Lincoln County on Monday, giving shots to […]
Beginning Friday, Lincoln County moves into “extreme risk” COVID-19 category with tighter restrictions on gatherings, businesses
Just in time for the holidays, Lincoln County moved Friday into the state’s “extreme risk” category because of a four-week spike in COVID-19 cases, adding tighter restrictions on people […]
Lincoln County commissioners promise to deal with short-term rental regulations, but extend moratorium until next June
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County commissioners are promising to finally settle proposed new restrictions on hundreds of vacation rentals in unincorporated areas – except it may not be for […]
Grand jury indicts Waldport man for burglary of apartment where golf course owner died; suspect denies involvement in killing
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Lincoln County grand jury Tuesday indicted a 52-year-old Waldport man on charges stemming from three break-ins at the apartment where Crestview Golf Course owner Mark Campbell […]