Analytics Data Snapshot – March 27, 2019

March 27, 2019

Google Analytics data for YachatsNews.com over a one-month period appears below. The peaks tend to occur weekly when MailChimp delivers the email bulletins automatically on Friday mornings. A milk truck spill shared on Facebook contributes to the peak on March 24 (411 users.) Considering that the 2010 Census shows the year-round population at 690 (now higher in 2019) the site’s

One step at a time for Yachats Coastal Gems walking group

March 27, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Maryann Brown believes that sitting is bad and walking is good. “First of all, it’s going to get your doctor off your back,” she says. Brown and her group – the Yachats Coastal Gems – want to help keep the doctor away. Each month it organizes walks in Lincoln or north Lane counties, scoping out routes based

Friends of Yachats Library annual sale is a lot more than a book event

March 27, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com When the Yachats Library started its used book sale more than 25 years ago it involved scattering boxes of books on the floor of its building on West Seventh Street. Now the annual fundraiser for the library fills the Yachats Commons multipurpose room with almost 10,000 volumes and draws 500 people – even rare book buyers —

Village ‘mixer’ April 5 offers chance to meet new people

March 26, 2019

Even in a small community like Yachats it can be tough or awkward to meet people. That’s what inspired Patty Hodgins to start a “Village Mixer,” a twice-yearly event to give local residents the opportunity to meet others they may not have connected with yet. The spring mixer is at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, in the multipurpose room of

Newport hospital seeks patient advisers

March 26, 2019

NEWPORT — Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital is seeking local residents to give it advice on how to improve care. Patient advisers are part of ongoing efforts to improve patient satisfaction, provide feedback for health care providers and promote a better understanding of health care among patients and the community. The advisers are asked to serve one to two-year terms, attend

Hospital moves nuclear medicine machine and staff to Newport

March 25, 2019

NEWPORT — Nuclear medicine services will be offered at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital beginning Tuesday, April 2, after a transfer of equipment and staff from Lincoln City. The Lincoln City hospital, also operated by Corvallis-based Samaritan Health Services, closed its nuclear medicine program Friday, March 22. Staff will remain the same and work in Newport. The department’s move from Lincoln

Report shows increase in Oregon commercial fishing harvest for 2018

March 25, 2019

The value of Oregon’s commercial fishing harvests jumped to a better-than-average level in 2018, according to figures released this month by the Oregon Employment Department. Harvests have been averaging $151 million per year since 2010, but in 2018 the value of commercial landings increased to $173 million up from $148 million in 2017, said Erik Knoder, the state economist based

Yachats Fire Department headquarters and main station

Six candidates file for three Yachats Fire Board seats

March 21, 2019

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 drew six candidates when filings with the Lincoln County Elections Division closed at 5 p.m. Thursday. The board has struggled with site issues and resulting cost overruns of its $8.3

Yachats and its businesses gear up for busy Spring Break

March 21, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It’s a brilliant, sunny day but Greg Shocklee and Ella Geffey are in the lower kitchens of the Ona Restaurant & Lounge slicing potatoes and making German chocolate cake for the upcoming international dinner that fills the restaurant with locals. But they know the real crowds – and a big jump in work hours – comes this

Yachats commission OKs yearly museum budget but asks for increased fundraising

March 21, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Parks and Commons Commission on Thursday approved a yearly budget for the city-owned Little Log Church and Museum, but not before warning the museum board that it has to do a lot better job at fundraising. In a city budget of $1.7 million, the $15,900 spent on yearly operating costs for the church and museum