Residents of the burned neighborhoods in Otis will be allowed back into the fire area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office announced […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com In the thirst for news and on-the-ground word in the aftermath of the fires burning in north Lincoln County, perhaps no better clearinghouse for information has […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — The Port of Alsea’s facilities – and a key service — are all falling apart at exactly the wrong time. But crabbers, shrimpers and […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It’s 10 o’clock on a Saturday morning and for the 15th week in a row the protestors begin to quietly appear. Holding signs, they take up […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Evacuation orders for the north end of Lincoln City were dropped Saturday as cooler weather helped firefighters keep the 2,400-acre Echo Mountain fire […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Dale Voris was sleeping at his parents’ home along Oregon Highway 18 in Otis when he heard the loud knock on the door at 4:30 a.m. […]
If you are registered to vote in Lincoln County, don’t listen to the noise coming from Washington, D.C. about voting by mail. There will be ample time to mark your […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The cities of Yachats and Waldport have embarked on a two-year experiment to with work an Albany-based regional government to provide planning services for the two communities. […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lori and Mike Stevens of Chico, Calif. were looking for someplace on the Oregon coast to be close – but not too close — to their […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com When Lincoln County enters Phase 2 of the state’s reopening protocol, the city of Yachats will keep its most of its facilities closed to the public. The […]
