By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Planning Commission on Tuesday approved recommending a zone change for the former fire station in downtown, paving the way for the Yachats Rural Fire […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A former three-term council member, a Planning Commissioner member and a newcomer to Yachats have applied for the vacancy on the City Council. Greg Scott, Mary Ellen […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT — Friends and foes of vacation rentals filled a Lincoln County courthouse hearing room Thursday night to defend and bemoan the proliferation of homes turned […]
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — The semi-independent Oregon agency overseeing tourism initiatives should be more transparent about managers’ pay and strengthen controls on contracting, Secretary of State […]
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com A national anti-poverty program offering to pay low-income residents of Lincoln County for information about their lives, is off to a slow start despite trying to recruit […]
BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A disagreement over how much money the city of Yachats needs to generate for maintenance projects from new water rates delayed a preliminary decision on those […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com I launched YachatsNews.com 13 months ago because after 40 years in newspapers I wanted to contribute to the community in the best way I knew how […]
NEWPORT – Nearly 10,000 Oregonians have purchased gray whale license plates since they went on sale a year ago, providing critical support for Oregon State University researchers studying gray whales […]
The Lincoln County School District wants to hear from Waldport and Yachats-area residents on how it should spend $4.6 million in additional state money because of a new tax on […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com When the finishing touches are completed, the last equipment purchased and the final landscaping done, the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District estimates it will have $562,000 […]
