By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Yachats couple who wanted to turn a former restaurant site overlooking the Yachats River into a farm-to-market restaurant and gathering place have abandoned […]
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Yachats’ new city manager asks for patience tackling a long list of organizational issues when she starts her job Monday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – When Heide Lambert starts her new job as Yachats city manager Monday, she’ll be walking into a building that has had three managers and […]
Yachats City Council votes unanimously Friday to hire Heide Lambert of Waldport as its next city manager
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Yachats’ new city manager will start on Valentine’s Day. The Yachats City Council and soon-to-be manager Heide Lambert of Waldport hope it will be a […]
Nonprofit executive who is also a Waldport council member re-emerges as finalist for Yachats city manager’s job
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Waldport city councilor who is the head of a Lincoln and Tillamook county nonprofit is now the leading and lone candidate to become […]
Yachats council votes 4-1 to tell contractor it intends to proceed with major repairs of city’s Little Log Church
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The city of Yachats – despite a lone no vote from the mayor – will tell a Eugene contractor it intends to go forward […]
After its own city manager search implodes, Yachats council votes to seek professional help — and hears rebuke of mayor
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After failing to land a new city manager in a protracted and painful 10-month homemade search process, the Yachats City Council voted Thursday to seek outside, […]
After 8-month pause, Yachats Library Commission resumes effort to expand, improve 48-year-old city library
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats Library Commission has re-started its effort to significantly expand the city’s 48-year-old library building, seeking a designer for the interior and soon […]
After two years of no meeting minutes, city of Yachats finds someone to do them and decides what to officially call them
YACHATS – For the first time in more than two years, the city of Yachats will have someone taking notes during council and commission meetings — or listening to […]
Lone candidate for Yachats city manager’s job withdraws application Friday night after council’s 3-2 contract vote Wednesday; chides city over unprofessional process
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The lone finalist for the Yachats city manager job has withdrawn her application after concerns she did not have the mayor’s support and because of […]
After disorganized, unorthodox process, Yachats City Council votes 3-2 to offer city manager contract to lone candidate — but uncertainty surrounds acceptance
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday to offer a contract to a new resident who spent the last 12 years overseeing a $10 […]