By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County staff has unveiled proposals for tighter regulations on vacation rentals in unincorporated areas, suggesting much lower occupancy limits, setting up a hearings process for […]
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Lincoln County vaccinators get state’s permission to give doses to thousands of front-line workers five days ahead of schedule
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After racing ahead to get a majority of Lincoln County residents vaccinated, the state Wednesday gave the county’s health care providers permission to immediately begin offering […]
Five years and counting: Yachats Banner Project will brighten downtown during summer, then raise money for the arts
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com For the fifth consecutive summer, Yachats will greet the season with dozens of unique art banners festooning the downtown light poles along U.S. Highway 101. And […]
Lincoln County commissioners expected to resume discussion of controversial short-term rental regulations Monday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County staff expects to complete detailed recommendations on regulations governing short-term rentals and present them to commissioners at its Monday meeting. After outlining the proposals […]
More than 200 Waldport-area residents get their first COVID-19 vaccination Thursday as Lincoln County clinics move south
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After two months of mass clinics in Newport and Lincoln City, the COVID-19 vaccine came to Waldport on Thursday. Some 215 south Lincoln County residents got […]
With increase in COVID-19 cases, Lincoln County moves from “low” to “moderate” risk category on Friday, tightening some restrictions
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A small increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County will mean slightly tighter restrictions on some businesses and […]
Striving to stay local for planning services, Yachats contracts with former planning commission chair and Realtor
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After three city planners from out of town the past two years, the new Yachats City Council made it clear it wanted to stop the revolving […]
Once leery of federal health initiatives, Native Americans embrace COVID-19 vaccines as way to protect communities and families
By BRIAN BULL/ Underscore.news While the United States as a whole is just finding its stride administering the COVID-19 vaccine to its citizens, many Native American tribes – including the […]
As Lincoln County gets more vaccines and adds clinics, state allows it to offer shots to new groups of residents beginning Monday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines beginning Monday to many adults with underlying health conditions and seafood processing workers as part of an accelerated schedule […]
Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue looking to buy Waldport property for main station, but needs study first, then community comments
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue needs its own home in Waldport. Now that the city of Waldport has moved its offices to the former Umpqua […]