By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats city council may finally have found an engineering report and estimate to repair its shuttered Little Log Church Museum that it likes. […]
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Yachats’ emergency preparedness committee in turmoil over cache proposal stalled by city hall and council
By CHERYL ROMANO/YahatsNews.com YACHATS — Some members of Yachats’ Emergency Preparedness Committee are clashing with the city over how to best help people survive a tsunami. Frustrated by what […]
Dominated by single-family homes, Yachats’ land-use consultants begin to outline ways the city can help diversify its housing
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The city’s housing stock is dominated by second homes and vacation rentals, there is adequate land for new construction but most of it is […]
Yachats library finds its first paid administrator — a volunteer with a business background — literally right around the corner
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — As of Thursday, Yachats’ venerable, all-volunteer library is still venerable but no longer staffed entirely by volunteers. Traci Miller-Altson of Yachats has been hired […]
Yachats Chamber of Commerce wins city contracts for visitor center and marketing, announces hiring of new executive director
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats City Council on Thursday awarded contracts totaling $85,000 a year to the Yachats Chamber of Commerce to run the visitor’s center and […]
ODOT and Yachats agree on delineators for U.S. Highway 101 on south edge of town — and sidewalk may be in future
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A stretch of U.S. Highway 101 on the south edge of Yachats may become a bit safer later this year for pedestrians and bicyclists. […]
Yachats city council OKs new 2-year contract for union workers, gets 12 months to figure out city hall jobs
YACHATS – The Yachats City Council on Tuesday approved a new two-year contract with its unionized employees, agreeing to a 6 percent salary increase but also giving the city a […]
Thinking about running for political office in Yachats? It’s time to file for mayor or two city council positions
YACHATS – It’s been a tumultuous few years for the Yachats city council – so here’s that once-every-two years chance to see if you can try to do better. Three […]
Growth in Yachats is not a question of if — but when, where and how, consultants tell city meeting
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — During a public webinar last week on future housing needs for Yachats, one attendee posed a basic question: “Why is it necessary for Yachats […]
Yachats Library Commission re-doing description for part-time employee, interviewing two companies for building expansion
YACHATS – The Yachats Library Commission is considering a change of direction in its quest to hire someone to oversee operations at the city’s all-volunteer operation. The commission […]