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, […]
Yachats council backs off tax increase, will appoint study committee
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council on Wednesday tabled it’s proposal to increase the city’s lodging tax, instead planning to form a committee of businesses and community members to […]
Yachats Fire Board openings draw only one candidate – so far
Katherine Guenther, chair of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection Board, is running for re-election but two other board positions on the May 21 ballot have yet to draw any candidates. […]
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 […]
February rain was second most in past 10 years
Yes, February was both rainy and cold. Yachats got more than a foot of rain in February – 12.25 inches measured at the city’s wastewater treatment plant – almost […]
Yachats ‘watchers’ play integral part in weather reporting systems
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Donald Tucker relies on an automated station to take weather readings and an antenna on his roof to every five minutes transmit data that ends up in […]
Yachats Farmers Market reorganizing but should be ‘exactly the same’
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Farmers Market is undergoing a change of structure, but the goal of its new organizers is that the Sunday event remain exactly the same. The […]
Yachats Fire Board adds back storage building to new station
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection Board voted unanimously Thursday to build a $358,000 storage building at the back edge of its new fire station under construction on […]
There’s no quick fix for Yachats Bay beach stair repairs
The only stair access to the south side of Yachats Bay has been closed by Oregon State Parks and Recreation after it was heavily damaged by high tides Feb. 18-20. […]
Commons’ multipurpose room closes for three weeks
The multipurpose room in the Yachats Commons will be closed for three weeks starting Monday, March 4 to replace its floor. The work was originally supposed to have been done […]