By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats fire chief Frankie Petrick has agreed to settle claims by the Oregon Ethics Commission that in three instances she used her position for financial gain. But the commission was not able to substantiate an allegation that Petrick received a tractor from her ex-husband after he sold land to the Yachats […]
Yachats Rural Fire Protection District
After resignation, Yachats Fire seeks applicants for open board position
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District needs to replace one of its five board members and this week gave people until the end of January to apply. The position is open because A’lyce Ruberg of Yachats resigned in November after just four months in office. Ruberg, who was elected to a […]
Yachats Fire District staff makes move Thursday, begins settling into new, $8 million station
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Six years after the idea for a new fire station, staff of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District on Thursday moved into its new 12,700 square foot home. The phones, computers and radios were hooked up and working. The first ambulance call came at 11:30 a.m., followed two hours later by […]
Yachats Fire Board member under scrutiny by two state agencies resigns from board
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board member under investigation by two state agencies for lying in the Lincoln County voter’s pamphlet has resigned from the board. A’lyce Ruberg of Yachats resigned Nov. 19 in a letter to the fire district. Ruberg, 50, was elected in a three-way race in May to […]
Oregon nursing board says letter being distributed by Yachats Fire Board member is fake
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats Fire Board member who the Oregon State Board of Nursing wants to fine $5,000 for illegally claiming she is a nurse is distributing a letter purported to be from the agency saying its findings are unfounded. The agency says the letter being distributed by A’lyce Ruberg is a fake. […]
At least four Yachats-area residents file election complaints against Fire Board member
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com At least four residents in the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District have filed complaints with the Oregon Elections Division alleging that statements by newly-elected fire board member A’lyce Ruberg in the Lincoln County voter’s pamphlet in May were lies. This follows a vote by the Oregon State Board of Nursing earlier […]
State agency investigating newly elected Yachats Fire Board member for improper claims in May voters pamphlet
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats woman elected to the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District Board in May lied in the Lincoln County voters pamphlet about being a registered nurse and some of her work history. The statements by A’lyce Ruberg violate Oregon election law and in the past week triggered investigations by the Oregon State […]
Oregon Ethics Commission investigating Yachats fire chief after allegations over land deal
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is investigating allegations that Yachats Fire District Chief Frankie Petrick used her position for financial gain and inappropriately used district personnel and equipment. The commission voted unanimously May 19 to proceed with a full investigation after a preliminary probe found “there appears to be a substantial […]
Yachats Fire committee approves 2019-20 budget, accounting for sale of old station
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The budget committee for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District on Monday approved a spending plan of $2.4 million for 2019-20, but one artificially inflated by having to account for the possible sale of its main station in downtown Yachats. The actual operating budget proposed by district administrator Franke Petrick is $1.42 […]
New Yachats fire station may be finished three months ahead of schedule
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District may get its new home three months earlier than expected. In its latest construction schedule to the Yachats Fire District Board, DSL Builders of Salem said it expects to finish the $8.3 million main fire station on the north edge of Yachats by Sept. 23 – […]