By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com The City of Waldport has a fortunate dilemma. Fortunate because it has acquired two highly visible buildings for a total price of $1. The dilemma comes […]
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General election ballots coming soon to your mail box; elections and postal officials say after 20 years Oregon’s voting system is fine
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com and JAKE THOMAS/The Salem Reporter Lincoln County has mailed out a record 39,065 ballots for the Nov. 3 election and voters should be receiving them Friday […]
Lincoln County sheriff, three police agencies and counseling center win grant to try a different approach to low-level offenders
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com For the fourth time in a year, police come across a troubled, occasionally homeless woman with a small amount of drugs. Should police cite her for possession […]
After more than a year of work, Yachats Planning Commission schedules public hearing on new outdoor lighting rules
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Does your neighbor’s security light shine in your bedroom window? Is your own motion sensor light so bright it actually hides a night-time trespasser? Lighting issues […]
YachatsNews is sponsoring an in-person city/county candidate’s fair Sunday, Oct. 18 at Yachats pavilion
YachatsNews is sponsoring a forum for candidates for Yachats mayor, city council and Lincoln County commission. Because it might be the only live, in-person candidate’s forum in Lincoln County this […]
Democrat Jeff Merkley faces only token, conservative Republican opposition as he seeks third term in U.S. Senate
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley is seeking to sew up his seat for another six years, hoping Democrats can snatch the Senate majority […]
Lincoln County schools — at least for kindergarteners, technical and special education — reopens for students Monday
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County’s incoming kindergarteners, aided by dropping cases countywide of new virus infections, will begin limited in-person instruction starting Monday and Tuesday. Limited numbers of students […]
Siuslaw Forest crews struggle to reopen trails and recreation areas after massive, early September windstorm
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Kraig Lindelin spent all summer leading a three-person crew rebuilding and refurbishing the dozens of miles of trails that snake through the Cape Perpetua natural area […]
Yachats City Council takes next step in 2-year process to adjust water rates for residents and businesses
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats has taken another step in a two-year journey to generate more money for water projects – and correcting issues with some businesses who […]
Yachats may be doing OK financially, but committee members press city to get out simpler view of revenue picture
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats may be better off financially than expected from the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic, city manager Shannon Beaucaire told the Finance Committee […]