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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Faced with the impeding departure of its interim city manager, the Yachats City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to offer the job to longtime resident Katherine Guenther, […]
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 […]
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, […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Oops. That didn’t last very long. The interim Yachats city manager from Texas — who some City Council members thought they could entice to stay here […]
