By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Except for one issue, The Yachats City Council has finished wrestling with changes to its 2-year-old vacation rental regulations – keeping a 125-license limit, not allowing […]
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Two-day conference by ‘Coastal Caucus’ legislators is testament to group’s growing influence
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com FLORENCE — When 600 people from across the state filed into a casino convention center here Wednesday, they were greeted with a colorful 64-page program, a […]
Lincoln County moves deeper into vacation rental issues, including possibility of a license limit
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County commissioners are looking into stricter regulation of vacation rentals – including the possibility of limiting the number of licenses. Commissioners authorized their staff […]
In their own words: Angell Job Corps students tell of life’s changes at Forest Service center
By ELAINE WATKINS/YachatsNews.com It’s not often you hear a young person reply, “Yes, sir,” or “No, ma’am,” but that demonstration of respect is standard at the Angell Civilian Conservation Center […]
Experience those lowest tides this week? They don’t return now until July 3
Did you get a good look this week at the first in the three-month series of the year’s lowest tides? While they remain sort-of low for the next few weeks, […]
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, […]
Three building projects show progress in downtown Yachats
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Frank Male and Linda Hetzler are spending about $400,000 each to transform two eyesores in downtown Yachats. Male bought a vacant, decaying former wine shop and two […]
Six candidates file for three Yachats Fire Board seats
Voters in the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District will have some choices May 21 when it comes to choosing members of the district’s five-person board. Three positions up for election […]
Forest deputy patrols the gravel roads and timberlands of Lincoln County
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Sheriff Deputy Nick Vaille is only a few miles up the Yachats River when he takes a hard left, aiming his truck up a steep, […]
Mishandled handgun lands Yachats man in jail
Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 61-year-old Yachats man Wednesday, Feb. 27 on accusations he negligently fired a handgun with the bullet going into a neighbor’s house. No one was […]