Yachats council changes course Thursday and votes to hire chamber director Bobbi Price as next city manager

October 26, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Riding a wave of public and city staff support along with some soul-searching by the city council, Bobbi Price has been named the next city manager of Yachats. The decision to hire Price, the executive director of the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce, was announced at a special meeting of the council Thursday afternoon.

Developer of housing project in downtown Yachats resumes work after months of delays

October 26, 2023

YACHATS — The owners of a long-unfinished apartment project overlooking U.S. Highway 101 in downtown Yachats have resumed work on their properties after waiting months for permits and getting bank financing. Luke and Jocelyn Glaze of Salem bought the two commercial lots and unfinished foundations in March 2022 from Doug Sowden of Eugene. Sowden started his four-building Sunset Village

Yachats council debates where to find another interim manager — and then how to attract a permanent one

October 19, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The race to find someone to fill the shoes of the soon-to-be vacant Yachats’ city manager position is in its final stretch, but with less than two weeks to go to fulfill the mandate in the city charter requiring a manager – there is not a candidate in sight. “Our very generous and talented

Yachats council declines to pick a new city manager and will re-start the search process in January

October 12, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – After months of searching followed by extensive interviews that involved many in the community – the Yachats city council decided Thursday not to hire anyone for the soon-to-be vacant city manager position. “After a rigorous evaluation that included input from the public, expert panels, local leader panels (and) staff, we have decided that

Yachats residents listen, quiz and then weigh in Monday night on preferences for new city manager

October 11, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Candidates for the Yachats city manager job put their best foot forward at a public forum Monday night as they answered a gamut of questions from community members. Seventy people turned out to participate in roundtable discussions that had the three finalists for the job rotating between three groups to field questions before participants

Yikes! A $1,866 water and sewer bill? Yachats resident asks — and gets — some relief from whopping charge

October 9, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – One Yachats man was more than a little surprised when he opened his August water bill expecting the usual $120 to $135 charge but found instead a bill for $1,866. It was not the first anomaly on Stephen Isaac’s combined water and sewer bill. In May he received a bill for $876. That bill

Yachats council sets busy schedule for city manager candidates, hopes to make a decision Thursday

October 5, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – While there is no guarantee one of the three candidates vying for the Yachats’ city manager position will be offered a job next week, there is no doubt they will be put through the paces presenting their cases. “We have some very well-structured panels that will be asking questions,” Mayor Craig Berdie said at

Late September rain and deluge this week is enough for city to ease water restrictions in Yachats

October 4, 2023

YACHATS – The Yachats area received the second-most rainfall in 15 years in September and coupled with steady rain Monday and Tuesday proved to be enough to ease city water restrictions. The Yachats city council decided Thursday to end the city’s phase 1 water restrictions. After a heavy late-September rainstorm and another downpour early this week, Yachats water supervisor

Chamber director, a current city manager and Washington state employee are finalists for Yachats manager job

September 22, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The executive director of the Yachats Chamber of Commerce, the administrator of a small but growing Eastern Oregon community, and a Washington state government employee are the finalists for Yachats’ city manager position. The city and the recruiting firm Jensen Strategies announced the finalists Friday after meeting in executive (closed) session Tuesday to discuss eight

Yachats council OKs $4,473 for county’s winter shelter effort, but still wrestling with camping ordinance for city

September 21, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – With a nod to the money it receives from Lincoln County to care for the homeless, the Yachats city council Wednesday unanimously approved chipping in $4,473 to support regional emergency winter shelters. County officials asked Yachats and other cities for a contribution of $4.50 per person based on its population in the 2020 Census

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Yachats council changes course Thursday and votes to hire chamber director Bobbi Price as next city manager

Developer of housing project in downtown Yachats resumes work after months of delays

Yachats council debates where to find another interim manager — and then how to attract a permanent one

Yachats council declines to pick a new city manager and will re-start the search process in January

Yachats residents listen, quiz and then weigh in Monday night on preferences for new city manager

Yikes! A $1,866 water and sewer bill? Yachats resident asks — and gets — some relief from whopping charge

Yachats council sets busy schedule for city manager candidates, hopes to make a decision Thursday

Late September rain and deluge this week is enough for city to ease water restrictions in Yachats

Chamber director, a current city manager and Washington state employee are finalists for Yachats manager job

Yachats council OKs $4,473 for county’s winter shelter effort, but still wrestling with camping ordinance for city

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