By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Chantelle Estess escorted the last of the winter shelter’s homeless guests out of the downtown Newport building at 7 a.m. Monday to spend another day on the street. By nightfall, for the first time since … [Read more...] about County’s closes doors on winter shelter program’s first season — now has to remodel two buildings and chase financial help
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Lincoln County hires new medical examiner and finds different model for death investigations
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County has found a new medical examiner and is changing the model it uses to document or investigate unattended or suspicious deaths. The change comes after Dr. Marilyn Fraser of Lincoln City, gave … [Read more...] about Lincoln County hires new medical examiner and finds different model for death investigations
Judge rules that yurt and trailer complex developed in timber zone by Yachats businesswoman must be removed
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A judge said Tuesday that a Yachats businesswoman’s complex of four yurts and a recreational vehicle on 20 acres of forest land violates zoning ordinances. Lincoln County Circuit Judge Sheryl Bachart … [Read more...] about Judge rules that yurt and trailer complex developed in timber zone by Yachats businesswoman must be removed
Lincoln County, other organizations increase effort to count all of the area’s homeless to gain support and funds
By YachatsNews and KATU-TV A small army of 100 volunteers from 27 organizations has completed Lincoln County’s most comprehensive count to date of the number of homeless in the area. But it could be 6-8 weeks before all the numbers … [Read more...] about Lincoln County, other organizations increase effort to count all of the area’s homeless to gain support and funds
Although it has rental licenses available east of Highway 101, Lincoln County says it won’t issue them until all appeals end
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Jay Kay and Heidi Olsen of Poulsbo, Wash. would just like to use their 1½-year-old house between Yachats and Waldport as a vacation rental when they’re not visiting the Oregon coast themselves. They are … [Read more...] about Although it has rental licenses available east of Highway 101, Lincoln County says it won’t issue them until all appeals end