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 […]
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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. […]
Massive landslide on Alsea River tributary east of Waldport may just have to work itself out over years and years
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A massive landslide on private land that momentarily smothered Fall Creek and damaged a Lincoln County bridge 27 miles east of Waldport in late December, will […]
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 […]
Yachats Planning Commission asks City Council for 11 p.m. shutoff and three years to negotiate future of motels’ marine lighting
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Planning Commission has tossed another hot potato into the lap of a new City Council when it begins work next year. The commission voted […]
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 […]
Landslide that forced evacuation of fish research center and property owners east of Waldport also wiped out county bridge and could move again, say county and state officials
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A landslide that for years has been looming over a unique salmon and steelhead research center 25 miles east of Waldport, gave way during torrential rains […]
Yachats City Council finishes up tumultuous year with last-minute work, list of accomplishments and admonition to be nicer
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council on Wednesday completed its last meeting of a contentious year, doing a little business but mostly citing accomplishments of two outgoing members, […]