Yachats’ three-day “Clean Sweep” event begins Friday morning

June 19, 2019

Ok, Yachats folks, time to get rid of that junk piling up in your garage, attic and backyard – for free. The city’s annual “Clean Sweep” event starts Friday in the street and ballfield area west of the 501 Building. It runs 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Dahl Disposal is co-sponsor of the event. It’s the

In their own words: Angell Job Corps students tell of life’s changes at Forest Service center

June 13, 2019

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 north of Yachats. Not a written rule, students explain, simply part of the culture. Respect, responsibility, self-management, perseverance, and leadership. Those traits are embedded in every aspect of life at

Yachats Fire Department headquarters and main station

Yachats Fire committee approves 2019-20 budget, accounting for sale of old station

June 12, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The budget committee for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District on Monday approved a spending plan of $2.4 million for 2019-20, but one artificially inflated by having to account for the possible sale of its main station in downtown Yachats. The actual operating budget proposed by district administrator Franke Petrick is $1.42 million, up from the current

Dahl Disposal rates to remain the same this year in Yachats

June 12, 2019

After getting hit with an 11 percent rate increase last year, Dahl Disposal customers in Yachats are getting break this year – no changes. Dahl, which has a franchise agreement with the city, has to request rate increases or service changes to the City Council by July each year. It informed the city last week it won’t seek any changes

Salem couple seriously injured in Saturday evening motorcycle crash in Yachats

June 10, 2019

A California woman was cited and a Salem couple were hospitalized with serious injuries after a car turned into the path of their motorcycle Saturday evening on the north edge of Yachats. Oregon State Police cited Sasha M. Stone, 54, of Burbank, Calif. for making a dangerous left turn. Neither she nor her passenger, Emma L. Stone, also of Burbank,

Yachats council discusses vacation rentals, keeping cap but looking more favorably on transfers

June 7, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council took its second step Wednesday in a months-long process of examining its vacation rental regulations, possibly warming up to ideas on ways to allow more licenses and transfer them. A two-year pilot program that caps the number of vacation rental licenses at 125 and regulates their use ends Sept. 30. The council is

County agencies schedule wildfire safety seminar June 20 in Yachats

June 6, 2019

Representatives of three Lincoln County agencies will visit Yachats on Thursday, June 20 to give a seminar on wildfire safety. The presentation by the sheriff’s office, Fire Defense Board and public health department will be from 6-8 p.m. in the Yachats Commons. The goal is to prepare residents, businesses and visitors on wildfire threat conditions, evacuation procedures and efforts individuals

Job Corps closures, transition to private contractors leaves 200 Angell students and staff in limbo

June 6, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Mikell Sumerau fought with the U.S. Army in Kuwait and Iraq and during his time with the Army National Guard was deployed to every state on the West Coast. But the biggest fight for Sumerau and his wife, Andrea, may be over the future of their jobs and the dormitories, classrooms, shops and offices that make up

Lincoln County patches parts of Ocean View Drive so it can be repaved this month

June 6, 2019

Lincoln County road crews spent three days this week repairing deteriorated parts of Ocean View Drive so it can be repaved this month and eventually turned over to the city of Yachats. Ocean View might be the longest stretch of local road in Yachats, stretching from Marine Drive in the north, south through Yachats State Park and then east along

Experience those lowest tides this week? They don’t return now until July 3

June 6, 2019

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, the next series of lowest tides won’t come for another month. Starting this week, Yachats and the central Oregon coast are experiencing their lowest tides of the year during June,