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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]