By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek will appoint Jenna Wallace as Lincoln County’s next district attorney on Friday as Lanee Danforth’s resignation takes effect six months before the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT – One month earlier than expected, Lincoln County has moved its first all-weather winter homeless shelter into a 4,000-square foot building one block off U.S. […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County officials have gone to court seeking a judge’s order to force the removal of four yurts and a travel trailer from a 20-acre property […]
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – With a nod to the money it receives from Lincoln County to care for the homeless, the Yachats city council Wednesday unanimously approved chipping […]
