Contractors finish up reconstruction of two Yachats streets

September 26, 2019

Contractors on Thursday finished paving two Yachats streets, the culmination of three large road projects this summer. Road & Driveway crews paved 240 feet of West First Street on Thursday morning and then finished the day paving East Second Street between Prospect Street and U.S. Highway 101, behind the Drift Inn restaurant and motel. There is still cleanup and

Manager, mayor hope additional Yachats code enforcement help will calm concerns over program

September 19, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats city manager and mayor hope a newly hired part-time contractor to concentrate on code enforcement will help calm some discontent with the program’s direction. City Manager Shannon Beaucaire told the City Council on Wednesday night that Matt Phillips is quickly learning enforcement duties and will soon be reaching out to businesses and residents and tackling

A Yachats gallery and a souvenir shop are on the move

September 19, 2019

A relatively new Yachats gallery and a well-known souvenir shop are on the move to destinations known and unknown. The Laughing Crab Gallery, which opened a year ago at 2334 U.S. Highway 101 just north of Yachats, is moving into vacant commercial space on the ground floor of the Sunset Village condominiums across from the Yachats Commons. The gallery

Unusual state hearing allows Tenmile residents to make case to join college district

September 18, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It was as informal as could be for a hearing before the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission. In a small room in the Yachats Commons on Monday night, a commission member and two staffers heard from Karin Radtke why she and her husband, Hans, want to be annexed into the Lane Community College district. The unusual

Historic preservation volunteers descend on Cape Perpetua shelter for two weeks

September 12, 2019

Volunteers from a national historic preservation group will spend the next two weeks replacing the roof and doing other smaller restoration work on the West Shelter high on Cape Perpetua. The rock shelter was built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and today is popular for its spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean. Eight volunteers and two staff

After uproar, Yachats council plans to discuss code enforcement policy Wednesday night

September 12, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council will discuss the city’s code enforcement program at its Wednesday, Sept. 18 meeting. The topic was put on the 6 p.m. agenda after councilors Leslie Vaaler and James Kerti expressed frustration during last week’s council meeting with the lack of information on the status of the current program, program philosophies and efforts

Lincoln County commissioners enact some new rules on vacation rentals, will study other issues soon

September 10, 2019

Lincoln County commissioners have implemented the first of what could be many changes to how they regulate short-term vacation rentals in unincorporated areas of the county. The new rules apply to 546 licensed – and an estimated 50-60 unlicensed – short-term rentals on property outside cities from Yachats in the south to Otis in the north. The great majority

Student from Waldport and five others set sail on OSU research ship

September 10, 2019

Four high school students, a college student and a science teacher will learn to conduct research at sea during a four-day mission that started Thursday, Sept. 12 aboard a ship operated by Oregon State University. Aboard the Oceanus are Avarie Owens of Waldport, Noah Goodwin-Rice of Newport, Abigail Kirby of North Bend, and Genevieve Coblentz-Strong, a senior at Sunset

Ocean View Drive got it’s big makeover on Thursday — tons of asphalt

September 5, 2019

Ocean View Drive through Yachats got much of its makeover Thursday. Crews from Road & Driveway of Newport paved two long sections of the road east and north of Yachats Start Park – a major step in a years-long process of Lincoln County turning ownership over to the city of Yachats. It took crews just 3½ hours Thursday to

YachatsNews to add three features to website starting Monday, Sept. 9

September 5, 2019

A note to YachatsNews.com readers: I’m happy to announce some small but noteworthy enhancements coming to YachatsNews.com starting Monday, Sept. 9. The additions are intended to both broaden and deepen the appeal of the website. But first some background. I started YachatsNews.com in January as a community service. By the end of February it had about 1,400 “unique” visitors and