By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A sharp decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases may get Lincoln County off Gov. Kate Brown’s “watch list” as early as Friday. And if […]
Lincoln County continues to have the highest unemployment rate in Oregon, according to county-by-county statistics released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department. The June unemployment rate for the county […]
Want a coveted vacation rental license in Yachats? How lucky do you feel? The Yachats City Council has approved a plan for a vacation rental license waiting list and […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Two Yachats City Council members objecting to plans to pave a 100-yard-long street adjacent to the city’s 4-acre ball field used a rare parliamentary maneuver Wednesday […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Motels and short-term rentals in unincorporated Lincoln County are now the only lodging facilities that have to wait 24 hours before housekeepers can enter to clean […]
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com After a surprising halt due to the financially devastating impact of the coronavirus, the Amanda Trail bridge project – considered one of the most historically and […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com An Oregon agency that overlooked Oregon Coast Community College’s becoming a standalone institution in February almost cost the college $320,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds. The […]
PETE DANKO/Portland Business Journal With a big pot of federal money in hand, Oregon State University trustees have approved a $73.5 million capital budget for PacWave, a project just north […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The death toll for residents of a Newport nursing home who tested positive for COVID-19 reached five Monday, as county health officials warned of increasing spread in […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Kama Almasi of Yachats has lived in Japan, been a paralegal in Seattle, taught college in Wisconsin – and this spring taught math to middle school students […]
