Yachats Fire Department headquarters and main station

Yachats Fire committee approves 2019-20 budget, accounting for sale of old station

June 12, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The budget committee for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District on Monday approved a spending plan of $2.4 million for 2019-20, but one artificially inflated by having to account for the possible sale of its main station in downtown Yachats. The actual operating budget proposed by district administrator Franke Petrick is $1.42 million, up from the current

Dahl Disposal rates to remain the same this year in Yachats

June 12, 2019

After getting hit with an 11 percent rate increase last year, Dahl Disposal customers in Yachats are getting break this year – no changes. Dahl, which has a franchise agreement with the city, has to request rate increases or service changes to the City Council by July each year. It informed the city last week it won’t seek any changes

Yachats council discusses vacation rentals, keeping cap but looking more favorably on transfers

June 7, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council took its second step Wednesday in a months-long process of examining its vacation rental regulations, possibly warming up to ideas on ways to allow more licenses and transfer them. A two-year pilot program that caps the number of vacation rental licenses at 125 and regulates their use ends Sept. 30. The council is

Lincoln County patches parts of Ocean View Drive so it can be repaved this month

June 6, 2019

Lincoln County road crews spent three days this week repairing deteriorated parts of Ocean View Drive so it can be repaved this month and eventually turned over to the city of Yachats. Ocean View might be the longest stretch of local road in Yachats, stretching from Marine Drive in the north, south through Yachats State Park and then east along

Experience those lowest tides this week? They don’t return now until July 3

June 6, 2019

Did you get a good look this week at the first in the three-month series of the year’s lowest tides? While they remain sort-of low for the next few weeks, the next series of lowest tides won’t come for another month. Starting this week, Yachats and the central Oregon coast are experiencing their lowest tides of the year during June,

New Yachats fire station may be finished three months ahead of schedule

June 5, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District may get its new home three months earlier than expected. In its latest construction schedule to the Yachats Fire District Board, DSL Builders of Salem said it expects to finish the $8.3 million main fire station on the north edge of Yachats by Sept. 23 – three months early. “We have

Bright, new south entrance sign now greets Yachats visitors

May 31, 2019

Yachats will appear a little brighter to visitors heading north on U.S. Highway 101. Newport Signs finished construction and installation of a new entrance monument and sign Friday just south of the Yachats city limits. It’s much brighter, uses a new logo, and better resists the harsh, coastal weather. It replaces a worn, wooden sign and posts. “It’s an awesome

Yachats Fire loses two firefighters, hires one – for now

May 30, 2019

The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District is down at least one firefighter/paramedic position until it finishes its 2019-20 budget and first union negotiations. Two firefighter/paramedics recently left the department – one for a job closer to home in Central Oregon and the other for a position with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. But the department has hired Nick Codija of

Lincoln County takes up tighter – and possibly new – restrictions on vacation rentals

May 30, 2019

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County commissioners are joining other coastal counties and cities by wading into the controversial issue of tighter regulations — and possible limits — on vacation rentals. In the county’s case it would apply only to unincorporated areas outside cities like Yachats, Newport and Lincoln City, which have their own vacation rental regulations. Lincoln County started licensing

Cape Perpetua staff and volunteers kick off a summer full of activities

May 29, 2019

A summer of outdoor activity at Cape Perpetua kicks off Saturday, June 1, with a National Trails Day event. It is the first of three months of activities scheduled by the Siuslaw National Forest, which oversees the cape and its popular visitor center. These are in addition to the usual camping, hiking, tide pool exploring and picnicking always available at