By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Waldport city council approved a fireworks ban and an increase in lodging taxes during its first meeting of the year. Both decisions Thursday moved in lockstep with Lincoln County which also recently banned fireworks and raised the lodging tax on vacation rentals and motels in unincorporated areas from 10 […]
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Fireworks in unincorporated areas of Lincoln County could be banned as soon as Jan. 3 under revised ordinance
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The sale, possession and use of any fireworks will be prohibited in unincorporated areas of Lincoln County beginning in January under a revised ordinance that commissioners plan to pass at their first meeting in 2024. But don’t expect deputies out writing tickets or taking people away in handcuffs for lighting off […]
Lincoln County commissioners Wednesday will discuss banning personal fireworks — and ask cities to do the same
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Saying that public sentiment and safety concerns are turning against widespread use of personal fireworks, Lincoln County commissioners are moving to ban their sale and use anywhere in unincorporated areas of the county. Commissioners are also encouraging the seven cities in the county to do the same. At the urging of […]
Waldport gets a jump on Independence Day celebration with Monday night fireworks
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – It takes a team to put on Waldport’s fireworks display Monday night. And the leader of that team, says preparation, timing and safety is everything. So when 320 fireworks go off for 25 minutes without a hitch starting at 10 p.m. Monday, Rick Booth and his team of […]
Organizers cancel Yachats’ July 4 parade and fireworks — and it looks like Labor Day weekend is out too
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Fourth of July will be a lot quieter in Yachats this year. The Yachats Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday that it has canceled the come-one-come all “la de da Parade” scheduled for noon Saturday, July 4 because of the coronavirus pandemic. And the Yachats Fireworks Committee says it is postponing — […]