BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Yachats’ new contract deputy hit the streets Thursday. In a first-of-its-kind shared deputy agreement between the cities of Waldport and Yachats, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Abby […]
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Yachats council votes unanimously to split cost of single sheriff’s deputy with Waldport in one-year trial
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – There is a new sheriff in town. Or there will be soon. With an eye toward balancing budget constraints and consistency, the Yachats city […]
Yachats council agrees to negotiate with landowner in effort to stop 20-acre clearcut south of city
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – What it would cost the city of Yachats to prevent an eyesore of a clearcut that in turn will eliminate community concerns about landslides […]
Transfer of Ocean View Drive to city of Yachats slowing work on proposed estuary boardwalk
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Anyone holding their breath in anticipation of construction beginning on the estuary boardwalk can exhale. It’s going to be awhile. The walkway with a […]
Demolition of Yachats library should take place this month as summer programs ramp up in temporary quarters
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The original Yachats Library building may be only a memory by late July when demolition is expected to make way for a new, bigger […]
Owner of 40-acre site on south edge of Yachats wants to log it — or cut some kind of deal with city
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether an eleventh-hour effort to stop a 40-acre clearcut on a swath of timber just across the Yachats River bridge in south Yachats will […]
Eugene cider company plans to open in shuttered Yachats Brewing building in early July
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Cider lovers will have something to celebrate this summer as WildCraft Cider Works of Eugene prepares to open shop in the closed Yachats Brewing […]
Revitalized Yachats emergency committee aims to help locals and visitors prepare for and survive disasters
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Whether pandemic or prolonged power outage, forest inferno or earthquake with a tsunami chaser, preparing for possible emergencies on the Oregon coast is an […]
Yachats prohibits camping at Little Log Church as group recommends taking other city sites off potential list
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A group advising Yachats on homeless issues is recommending the city add four sites where camping would be banned — sites originally identified as […]
Yachats budget committee wades through — and OKs — much of 2024-25 city spending plan
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats’ finances are in good shape with several long-awaited projects about to begin and future plans – including a possible contract […]