A 64-year-old Tillamook woman apparently killed an older relative during the last several days before she shot and killed herself in an RV park in the South Beach area of […]
March rainfall in Yachats is lowest in 10 years
Yachats got just over three inches of rain in March, the lowest total for that month in the last 10 years. Rainfall measured at the city’s wastewater treatment plant on […]
Cleanup crews finish work early Friday on milk spill south of Yachats
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Contractors early Friday finished cleaning up a 5-day-old 2,900 gallon milk spill on the east side of U.S. Highway 101 just south of Yachats. The operation […]
Organizers seek artists for annual Yachats banner project
Michael Guerriero is looking for some painters. Guerriero, a Yachats artist, is organizing other artists to paint 40 banners to hang on U.S. Highway 101 light poles in downtown Yachats […]
Analytics Data Snapshot – 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 […]
One step at a time for Yachats Coastal Gems walking group
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 […]
Friends of Yachats Library annual sale is a lot more than a book event
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 […]
Village ‘mixer’ April 5 offers chance to meet new people
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 […]
Newport hospital seeks patient advisers
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, […]
Hospital moves nuclear medicine machine and staff to Newport
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 […]