By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews A Yachats resident is suing an Otis excavation company for $2.5 million after she slid on ice into its parked trailer along U.S. Highway 101 near […]
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews A unanimous vote by Lincoln County commissioners to change the racist name of a road four miles east of Waldport brought applause from a handful of […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The city of Waldport thinks the town has some parking issues. Such as: Cars or other vehicles parked all over some front yards, or on […]
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Three veterans are nearing completion of a self-assigned rescue mission. The trio of former Marines will arrive in Newport on foot Saturday, 10 days after the […]
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Almost 20 years after Lincoln County commissioners declined to change a racist road name east of Waldport, the county now appears poised to rename it for […]
By MICHAEL MILSTEIN/NOAA Fisheries The black-and-white pattern of a killer whale stood out to an Oregon fisherman 30 miles southwest of Newport. He spotted it at 1:47 p.m. June […]
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Vacation rental owners in unincorporated Lincoln County have a new set of rules to follow next year, as county commissioners prepare for the most controversial aspect […]
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By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Lincoln County schools’ superintendent will retire June 30 after five years leading the district, including facing two major crises for much of her tenure. Superintendent Karen […]
A small, regional bank in northwest Washington has agreed to buy Columbia Bank’s branches in Waldport and Newport along with others in five rural Oregon and Washington communities. 1st […]
