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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 to promote tourism and events. The unanimous vote returns the contracts to the chamber after a two-year break when former councilor James Kerti was selected to run the programs in

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. The city of Yachats and the Oregon Department of Transportation have signed an agreement to install “delineators” along the west side of the highway from the south edge of downtown

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 year’s time to determine jobs in city hall. The contract replaces a five-year agreement that expired July 1. Most city employees not working under temporary contracts through an employment agency

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 positions are up for election in the November general election – the mayor’s and two council seats. Application packets – and they’re complicated – are available at city hall or

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 to grow?” The answer to that underpins the initial findings of consultants working under state grants totaling $73,000 to study the myriad factors involved in planning for the city’s future.

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 had received council permission this winter to recruit a part-time employee with a master’s degree in library science in order to meet a requirement to be a member of the

YACHATS – Two consultants helping the city of Yachats determine its future housing needs will report their initial findings to the City Council, Planning Commission and the public during an online meeting Monday afternoon. The webinar is from 3 to 4:30 p.m.  A link to the material on the city website and to attend the webinar is here. The

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Sometimes finding a parking space in downtown Yachats is like whale watching — you hope to spot one, but if you don’t right away, you just keep looking. The city’s Planning Commission is studying parking issues, especially summer or event parking, and inviting public comment during an in-person meeting from 6-8 p.m. Monday in

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Steven La-Sky bought his ocean-view cabin in Overleaf Village four years ago, intending to use it as a second home and vacation rental until he moved here full time. The wildland firefighter from Las Vegas argued against vacation rental license limits when the city council renewed the two-year-old restrictions in 2019. When the council

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Despite some resistance from Mayor Leslie Vaaler on one and a lot of questions on another, the Yachats City Council on Thursday gave city manager Heide Lambert permission to negotiate contracts to provide cost estimates for two long-awaited projects. Lambert will now negotiate a contract with Civil West Engineering of Newport to see what