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 […]
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After court rulings on non-unanimous jury verdicts, a third Lincoln County trial set for man in Seal Rock sex abuse case
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A new trial – his third – has been set for early next year for a Seal Rock man whose 2019 conviction on 13 sex-related charges […]
Yachats residents listen, quiz and then weigh in Monday night on preferences for new city manager
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 […]
OSU researchers will lead federal study on coastal residents’ attitudes toward offshore wind farms
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A team of Oregon State University researchers were recently awarded $2.5 million to study the attitudes and feelings coastal residents have about potential offshore […]
Yikes! A $1,866 water and sewer bill? Yachats resident asks — and gets — some relief from whopping charge
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 […]
Bend attorney goes back to his roots with purchase and big restoration project of 64 acres in upper Tenmile Creek
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Those bow hunting trips Roger Worthington took with his dad to the Tenmile Creek area south of Yachats decades ago planted seeds that are reshaping the […]
State fire investigators unable to determine cause of massive blaze that destroyed Ziggurat house
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The cause of the July fire that engulfed the Ziggurat house just north of Tenmile Creek remains a mystery after an investigation by state fire officials […]
Yachats council sets busy schedule for city manager candidates, hopes to make a decision Thursday
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, […]
Lincoln County’s emergency management director resigns, one week after being placed on administrative leave
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Virginia “Jenny” Demaris, who had worked as Lincoln County’s emergency manager since 2011, resigned from her position Wednesday, one week after being placed on administrative leave. County […]
Late September rain and deluge this week is enough for city to ease water restrictions in Yachats
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 […]