By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com The coronavirus has taken huge bites out of Oregon’s coastal economy, affecting everything from restaurants and hotels to stores and child care availability. Less visible, but […]
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As police departments everywhere struggle for officers, Lincoln County tries a special hiring event to attract new deputies
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com James Holmes has spent the bulk of his young professional career as a social worker focused on juvenile mental health, child welfare and adoption services. Through […]
Chronic lack of substitute teachers — and no solution in sight — forces Lincoln County School District to cancel classes Friday
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A severe shortage of substitute teachers has Lincoln County’s schools scrambling to find answers – and bodies. So far, however, there are no easy solutions to […]
Waldport High School’s 8-man football team wins first OSAA playoff game in 42 years Friday night, now heads to Lost River
By JACK HEFFERNAN/for YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – When 27 members of Waldport High’s football team ran onto the field Friday night, it was be the school’s first state playoff appearance […]
Lincoln County Oregon Building Permits – October 2021
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Lincoln County voters have until 8 pm. Tuesday to return ballots as local money measures and countywide vote on vacation rentals could push turnout to 40 percent
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There are more than 28,000 ballots around Lincoln County waiting to be marked and returned. On Tuesday, voters the Yachats, Seal Rock and North Lincoln fire […]
After 15 years of sharing and repairing, Waldport’s Green Bike Co-op has been even busier during pandemic lockdown
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — Pandemic restrictions don’t make anyone happy, but they’ve brought an unexpected boost to the Green Bike Co-op. While the all-volunteer bicycle sharing/selling/repairing group has […]
Lincoln County Oregon Building Permits – September 2021
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Despite a spate of land-clearing along Highway 101 between Yachats and Waldport, septic requirements will determine if anything can be built
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Juanita and Brett Bovee of Sacramento want an ocean-view house. So do Fred and JoAnne Rentze of Springfield. The Rentze’s have their house underway and the […]
Waldport cartoonist draws on her unconventional past, views of the world and off-beat ideas to make people laugh
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — There’s a woman in Waldport who sees the world differently than most — a slightly cockeyed view rooted in her funny bone, honed by […]