By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Yachats’ scenic walking trails are favorites with locals and visitors, and new signs are adding interesting details — plus alerts to other places to stroll and […]
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Celebrate Spring on Saturday by strolling around downtown Yachats to exchange bulbs, plants and listen to music
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com If anyone needed an excuse to meander around downtown Yachats on the first day of spring, Polly Plumb Productions has come up with a great one — […]
As local COVID-19 vaccine supplies increase, Lincoln County health care providers offer more clinics to an eager public
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Barbara Kimmel moved from Vermont to Yachats in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Since July, Kimmel and her husband, Peter, have been settling into […]
Three Yachats men want to establish a “swallow trail” of bird boxes through city and up Yachats River valley
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com If certain West Coast swallows could write their own “House wanted” ad, it would look something like this: HARD-WORKING COUPLE seeks home. Will eat our weight […]
After a year-long pandemic closure, Yachats Chamber of Commerce reopening office, seeks volunteers
The Yachats Chamber of Commerce plans to reopen its small office in the C&K Plaza downtown on Thursday, nearly a year after it closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Want to contribute to your school, port, fire or road district? There’s plenty of opportunities as March 18 filing date approaches for May election
They determine school or college policy. They oversee port operations, help make sure firefighters and their equipment can respond, that water flows, or potholes are occasionally filled. These are the […]
Following last fall’s cancellation, Yachats Celtic Music Festival hopes to return in November if pandemic restrictions continue to ease
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Most of the acts are booked. A reservation for the Yachats Commons has been made. And if COVID-19 restrictions permit, the Yachats Celtic Music Festival will […]
After pause to reach more elderly, Lincoln County anticipates more vaccines and openings soon; Samaritan offering clinic Fridays and Saturdays
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After a step-back last week to get more elderly people signed up for a COVID-19 shot, Lincoln County health officials say increases in supplies and a […]
Yachats Fire District again using bank loans to make ends meet as board readies old station for sale and discusses increasing tax levy next May
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District is again using a bank loan to pay its monthly bills as it looks both to cut spending and seek […]
Eugene-based McKenzie River Trust looks to expand reach to the central Oregon coast with $243,000 water planning and conservation grant
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Sam Hillman, by all accounts, has been a whirlwind in his first months as an intern helping the city of Yachats complete ambitious, long-term plans for […]