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By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS — City councilors Thursday approved the final funding and a show of support needed to begin the $1 million, large-scale and long-awaited expansion of the library. “The difference this time is, it’s going to happen,” said Library Commission chair David Rivinus during the city council’s regular meeting in the Yachats Commons civic room, referring to

YACHATS – Is the Yachats Commons a community center? Is it an events center? Is it a school? Or is it all three? And, if so, just how will that work? Yachats city manager Heide Lambert hopes to begin the first of several community conversations Thursday, Feb. 9 on what users of the Commons have in mind for it.

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats’ mayor declined to read a Religious Freedom Day proclamation during the city council’s second meeting of the year, and it’s unclear how the text — lifted directly from a 2021 proclamation by then-President Donald Trump — made its way onto the agenda. Religious Freedom Day — Jan. 16 — commemorates the Virginia General Assembly’s

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS – Every city councilor for the past five years has agreed that Yachats needs to find a source of water for the lean summer months and to meet future demand. But agreeing on the first steps toward doing so has proven a challenge. Yachats’ new mayor Craig Berdie said during the city council’s second meeting of

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats may be in its strongest financial position in years because of better-than-forecasted revenue from lodging taxes, money from a  urban renewal district and lack of spending on many budgeted items or projects for several years. Now, after two years of inactivity, the city has revived its dormant Finance Committee and

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS – In its first meetings of the new year — and the last return to in-person meetings for any public agency in Lincoln County — Yachats City Council got a 90-minute crash-course on the legalities of elected office and swore in a new mayor and councilor. Ross Williams of Eugene, the city’s contracted attorney, led

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A 1,000-foot-long traffic project just south of downtown Yachats will make the town a testing ground for new safety measures not just locally, but all along the 370-mile Oregon Coast bike route. If the installation of next-generation “delineators” slows cars and boosts safety for cyclists and pedestrians traveling along U.S. Highway 101, the traffic separators could

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – A city council discussion – and at least one proposal – to change how three city commissions operate stalled last week when one member said it was inappropriate for the lame duck council to decide the issue this month. The five-member council is getting two new members in January – both of whom have

YACHATS – The city of Yachats has received a $250,000 grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation to help it rebuild a 540-foot section of East Second Street. The city now plans to finish engineering plans for the project, send it out to bid and hopefully get it done before July 31, when it can apply for another round