By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council has announced its two finalists for city manager – a well-known former city contractor and Planning Commission member who moved here nine years […]
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Seal Rock fire board votes 3-1 – after one resignation — to hire former Toledo chief as consultant until it can find new leader
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – The Seal Rock Fire District board voted 3-1 Wednesday to hire the former fire chief in Toledo to manage the department until it […]
As deadline nears on Oregon vaccination mandate, rates for Lincoln County educators and most medical providers hits 93-96 percent
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Schools and medical providers in Lincoln County who fall under the governor’s vaccination mandate say they have compliance rates of 93 […]
Yachats commission asks City Council to allocate funds for open space design, pocket parks and bike rack projects
The Yachats Parks & Commons wants the city to keep moving on some projects. The commission voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend to the City Council that it: Release up […]
Yachats Fire District completes sale of old station, adding $338,000 to its accounts and sending $115,000 to the city
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District has completed the sale of its former station in downtown Yachats, adding $338,000 to its books and sending $115,430 to the […]
OSU wins 3-year, $895,000 federal grant to try to improve worker safety on Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet
By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service A team of Oregon State University researchers will use a new, three-year $895,000 federal grant to study how different equipment configurations onboard crab vessels […]
Paramedic shortage has Lincoln County’s main ambulance provider seeking 6-month exception for two contract requirements
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A shortage of paramedics is forcing the company that provides ambulance service to most of Lincoln County to seek two temporary exceptions to its contract. Pacific […]
After disagreements over direction, new majority of Seal Rock fire board dismisses chief and plans to hire former Toledo chief as interim
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com SEAL ROCK – The Seal Rock Fire District board has fired Tom Sakaris, its chief of six years, and plans to meet Wednesday to appoint an interim […]
Coalition of mid-coast governments and organizations release draft plan for water use, conservation — with a $120 million price tag
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Adam Denlinger has spent the past 40 years helping provide customers and businesses with the water they need to survive and flourish. Across those decades, he […]
With street transfer imminent, Yachats commission wants to create two small “pocket parks” along Ocean View Drive overlooking the Pacific
By Quinton Smith/YachatsNews.com Now that the city of Yachats is about to gain ownership of Ocean View Drive, the city’s Parks & Commons Commission believes it’s also time to […]