By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – With an independent timber appraisal in hand, the Yachats city council on Tuesday approved making offers totaling nearly $152,000 to stop an impending clearcut […]
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Lincoln County property tax statements arriving soon; market value increases are less than last three years
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews It may not feel like it when you write the check, but property values in Lincoln County rose substantially less than they have the past three […]
Yachats’ 25th mushroom festival this weekend expected to draw 500 people to walks, talks, workshops
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The popular Yachats Mushroom Festival happens Friday through Sunday, Oct. 18-20 with special events popping up around town like, well, mushrooms after a rain. […]
Truck carrying load of pipe rolls off Highway 101 south of Yachats, snarling traffic overnight Monday
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Both lanes of U.S. Highway 101 near Cape Perpetua reopened early Tuesday following the roll-over accident of a tractor-trailer carrying an oversized load of […]
One of many Highway 20 fatal crashes this year helps lead to demise of Oregon college student group
By TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews One of the six fatal crashes on busy U.S. Highway 20 east of Newport this year is now being cited as […]
YachatsNews asks readers’ help to continue filling reporting gaps in Lincoln County’s “news desert”
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Not everyone is as keen on covering the news or reading about it as your staff at YachatsNews – its editor, reporter and freelancers. But for […]
Yachats council will review appraisal of proposed clearcut property south of city on Tuesday
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether the view in Yachats will include a clearcut at the south end of town is uncertain. But not for long. Efforts to stop […]
Beachcomber supporters pack Waldport council meeting to protest permit suspensions
By QUINTON SMITH and GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Citing what it believes are “financial irregularities,” the city of Waldport says it has stopped its permission for Waldport Beachcomber Days […]
After five years of planning, county officials stage ceremonial groundbreaking for animal shelter in Waldport
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – By this time next year a $5 million Lincoln County animal shelter with plenty of room for dogs and cats and where employees can […]
Workforce grants expand capacity of college maritime welding program and sea urchin harvesting startup
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews During his 28 years in the U. S. Coast Guard Len Tumbarello learned a thing or two about running a tight ship. Now, in his latest […]