By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After a year of debate and study and six months of work, the city of Yachats went live with its new website Monday morning. Its debut – […]
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Taylor family returns – again – with plans to turn vacant Yachats restaurant into special place
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Marc Taylor believes his fifth time will be the charm. Taylor grew up in Yachats and four times has moved away to pursue business or family dreams. […]
Yachats council gives go-ahead for $370,000 library expansion and remodel
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council gave the go-ahead Wednesday night to a $370,000 project to expand, remodel and furnish the city’s 46-year-old library. The city will use $60,000 […]
Seven Yachats residents chip in to buy surplus entrance sign for City Hall
When Yachats city offices move from the Commons to the 501 Building there will be a bright, new sign for it. Seven Yachats residents banded together to buy a mistakenly-made […]
Central Lincoln has to pay $1.6 million after six years of bad readings from faulty BPA meter
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Talk about a surprise bill in the mail. The Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District was recently forced to dip into its reserves to pay the Bonneville Power […]
Is Yachats’ “Clean Sweep” getting too big? City commission begins debating that question
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats’ annual “Clean Sweep” event may be getting too popular – and big – for its own good. The city-sponsored event each June encourages people to […]
Yachats Fire District starts process for rezoning and selling downtown station
The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District has started the process of getting its downtown property re-zoned before putting it up for sale later this year. The district plans to start […]
Yachats council debates water rate adjustments, OKs study to possibly fix problems
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats will proceed with a $24,000 study of its water rates to possibly help correct billing mistakes made more than three years ago but […]
Parent-led study of Crestview Heights School in Waldport finds no current air quality issues
WALDPORT – An $8,700 air quality study at Crestview Heights School overseen by a parents group has found no current indoor environmental issues, the group has announced in a letter […]
Yachats council discusses vacation rental issues in long Wednesday meeting but makes little headway
The Yachats City Council made little progress Wednesday on one of its thorniest issues – working out details of potential changes to the city’s 2-year-old vacation rental ordinance. Yachats’ vacation […]