Quinton Smith
Quinton Smith founded YachatsNews in 2019 after a 40-year career as a reporter and editor for United Press International and three Oregon newspapers. He worked in various editing positions at The Oregonian from 1984 to 2008 where he led a reporting team that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News.
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Mother of man shot by police at remote Five Rivers farm notifies agencies she plans to sue for wrongful death -
A 2½-year-old boy missing since Saturday from his parents’ property along the Siletz River appears to have last been at the water’s edge before he disappeared, -
Boats and divers from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and four other departments combed the Siletz River on Monday looking for a 2½-year-old boy missing since Saturday. -
More than 100 search and rescue personnel four counties were racing against time Sunday to find a 2½-year-old boy missing from property along the Siletz River since Saturday afternoon. -
The central Oregon coast is infused with federal money, has branches of many federal agencies and is home to its hundreds of its employees. -
A 26-year-old man killed by police on a remote Five Rivers farm during a December manhunt shot at an Oregon State Police trooper after mistakenly thinking the officer was the man who had killed his friend hours earlier. -
Three candidates to fill an open seat on the Lincoln County commission answered questions for two hours Wednesday as they vie to fill the remaining 22 months in a vacant four-year term. -
Tim Johnson, who had served as Lincoln County’s first administrator for nearly three years, resigned Friday after apparent dissatisfaction by commissioners with his work. -
Merkley and Hoyle did not hold back their opinions about the Trump administration. -
Lincoln County Commissioner Casey Miller violated personnel rules by publicly disclosing confidential issues concerning the county’s top administrator but did not bully or harass staff with a statement or questions during September and October public meetings, outside investigators have found.
