By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews A Lincoln County grand jury has found a Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy justified in using deadly force last month when he shot and killed a 38-year-old […]
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Financial review finds no Beachcomber fraud, but Waldport will give documents to state, deny grant
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – When Waldport Beachcomber Days volunteers and supporters showed up at the city council meeting Thursday with a clean bill of health from an independent […]
Last wooden lighthouse on the Oregon coast will close in January for $1.6 million restoration
By TIFFANY ECKERT/KLCC News NEWPORT — Sitting atop the northern bluff at the mouth of the Yaquina Bay is a small wooden 153-year-old lighthouse in need of repair. Soon, […]
$1 million grant will help 10 Lincoln County programs deal with surprising number of homeless children
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews After extensive behind-the-scenes planning, money is now ready to roll out to help Lincoln County homeless youth and their families find suitable shelter. Nearly $1 million […]
Is it a first? 14 write-in votes result in Hedlund filling an unappreciated Yachats city council seat
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether it is a first or not is anyone’s guess – but with just 14 votes Yachats residents have elected write-in candidate Nicole Hedlund […]
ODOT may be open to allowing lighted warning sign near Yachats fire station — but who pays for it?
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The board of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District wants to make another run at getting permission from the Oregon Department of Transportation […]
After more than two years, Lincoln County commissioners struggling to evaluate their first administrator
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT — An attempt by Lincoln County commissioners to conduct their first evaluation of administrator Tim Johnson in 2½ years went awry Wednesday when Johnson didn’t […]
After studies, grants, lots of volunteer help and delays, Yachats finally seeks formal bids for $1.5 million library
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The design is ready. The budget is set. The county permit is in. Now all that’s needed for a new Yachats library is someone […]
Port of Alsea hopes third time is the charm with newest port manager hire
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT — The Port of Alsea board selected Dean O’byrne as the probationary candidate for port manager during a special meeting Dec. 3. O’byrne is currently […]
Congress names U.S. Highway 20 from Newport to Boston as “National Medal of Honor Highway”
From wire and YachatsNews reports U.S. Highway 20, the nation’s longest road whose western end is in Newport, will be designated the “National Medal of Honor Highway” under legislation approved […]