Did 4,677 emails from the Yachats city manager look odd? It was a “phishing” scheme — so delete it!

January 23, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – If you are one of the more than 4,000 people who received an email from Yachats’ city manager on Wednesday asking you to view a contract agreement — delete it. It was not sent by Bobbi Price. And its intention is for the receiver to reveal personal information for nefarious reasons. The email is

Yachats begins negotiating with Washington construction firm to replace Seventh Street library

January 21, 2025

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — After a slight paperwork snag, the city of Yachats is starting negotiations with the low bidder on the long-awaited library rebuilding project. At the bids unveiling last week, seven firms submitted bids to construct a new library where the original 51-year-old building now stands on West Seventh Street. Initially, city infrastructure clerk Neal Morphis

They’re in! Road crews pave path along Highway 101 and install delineators on south side of Yachats

January 9, 2025

YACHATS – It’s done. They’re in. Crews from Newport-based Road & Driveway created a five-foot-wide asphalt path along U.S. Highway 101 on the south side of town Wednesday and installed 36 delineators Thursday to finish a long-awaited city project designed to help protect pedestrians. The delineators are 25 feet apart on the west side of the highway from Yachats

Is it a first? 14 write-in votes result in Hedlund filling an unappreciated Yachats city council seat

December 12, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether it is a first or not is anyone’s guess – but with just 14 votes Yachats residents have elected write-in candidate Nicole Hedlund to the city council. Hedlund was informed by city manager Bobbi Price last week of her write-in victory to fill an empty council seat and was invited to say a

After studies, grants, lots of volunteer help and delays, Yachats finally seeks formal bids for $1.5 million library

December 12, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The design is ready. The budget is set. The county permit is in. Now all that’s needed for a new Yachats library is someone to build it. Years in the making, the slow-paced saga of a new library looks to be headed into its final chapters, with bids now being sought from contractors to

Yachats, landowner and logger agree on 25-year tree lease to stop threat of clearcut on south edge of city

November 21, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – There will be no clearcutting of trees above homes on Yachats’ south side – at least not for the next 25 years. After nearly six months of negotiations, the city reached a deal with the property owner and the logger who had purchased the trees to leave them standing, the Yachats city council announced

City reopens access to Yachats River beach Saturday after new tests show water is safe

November 16, 2024

YACHATS – The beach at the mouth of the Yachats River re-opened to the public Saturday after tests results from a city sewage spill a week earlier showed the water was safe. An estimated 62,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the Yachats River after crews working on a pump station on the north side of the river Nov. 8

Yachats buying property at corner of Ocean View Drive and Highway 101 for part of boardwalk project

November 14, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS –The city’s purchase of a long sought after and prime piece of real estate in the heart of Yachats should be wrapped up in December. The property overlooking the Yachats River estuary at the intersection of Ocean View Drive and U.S. Highway 101 will be a feather in the conservation cap of the city and

Yachats council OKs $370,000 bid to (finally) renovate city’s Little Log Church Museum

October 26, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council has approved a bid to begin renovations on the city’s historic Little Log Church Museum despite the higher-than-expected cost. During a public hearing at its Wednesday meeting, the council approved a $370,000 bid from Top to Bottom Contractors of Newport to begin renovations — weather willing — sometime this winter.

A quiet two years and progress on projects results in lonely races for Yachats mayor and council

October 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats residents seeking shelter from the storm of election rhetoric need look no further than the race for the city’s mayor and two council seats. But then you can hardly call it a race. Barring a last-minute coup by some unknown write-in candidates Nov. 5 – the mayor in January will be unopposed

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Did 4,677 emails from the Yachats city manager look odd? It was a “phishing” scheme — so delete it!

Yachats begins negotiating with Washington construction firm to replace Seventh Street library

They’re in! Road crews pave path along Highway 101 and install delineators on south side of Yachats

Is it a first? 14 write-in votes result in Hedlund filling an unappreciated Yachats city council seat

After studies, grants, lots of volunteer help and delays, Yachats finally seeks formal bids for $1.5 million library

Yachats, landowner and logger agree on 25-year tree lease to stop threat of clearcut on south edge of city

City reopens access to Yachats River beach Saturday after new tests show water is safe

Yachats buying property at corner of Ocean View Drive and Highway 101 for part of boardwalk project

Yachats council OKs $370,000 bid to (finally) renovate city’s Little Log Church Museum

A quiet two years and progress on projects results in lonely races for Yachats mayor and council

Letters from readers

Whale’s entanglement shows need for better derelict gear removal program

Sen. Anderson’s chief of staff out of bounds on ICE and Newport “boomer hippies” remarks

A farewell letter to the Yachats whale

Yes, everyone in Waldport community should refrain from further attacks

The community speaks — ICE detention center not welcome in Newport

Let’s show some grace to all involved in whale’s attempted, emotional rescue

Obituaries

Jon M. French of Waldport

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Civic Calendar

City of Yachats Parks & Commons Commission

Yachats Big Band monthly concert

Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board

Yachats Planning Commission monthly workshop meeting

Yachats Public Works & Streets Commission

Lincoln County School District board of directors

Waldport City Council

Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District monthly board meeting

Newport City Council work session and regular meeting

Southwest Lincoln Water People’s Utility District board

Public & Legal Notices

CITY OF NEWPORT, OREGON NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING

The Board of Directors of the Lincoln County School District, Public Hearing regarding Newport High School

The Board of Directors of the Lincoln County School District, Public Hearing regarding Waldport High School