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Yachats’ annual “State of the City” presentation lays out 2024 accomplishments and goals for 2025

February 5, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The hottest ticket in Yachats’ Monday night was the annual State of the City presentation in the Commons where a standing room only crowd learned about the accomplishments of 2024 and the goals and objectives of 2025. City manager Bobbi Price kicked things off by announcing one of the major goals of 2025 is

Did 4,677 emails from the Yachats city manager look odd? It was a “phishing” scheme — so delete it!

January 23, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – If you are one of the more than 4,000 people who received an email from Yachats’ city manager on Wednesday asking you to view a contract agreement — delete it. It was not sent by Bobbi Price. And its intention is for the receiver to reveal personal information for nefarious reasons. The email is

Cities of Yachats and Waldport working to improve, strengthen their code enforcement processes

December 3, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Education instead of confrontation and clarity instead of confusion are the overarching goals Waldport and Yachats are striving for as the two cities revive and revamp their code enforcement programs. While both cities have struggled for years to get their code enforcement houses in order, Yachats’ is now up and running and Waldport’s is on the

City reopens access to Yachats River beach Saturday after new tests show water is safe

November 16, 2024

YACHATS – The beach at the mouth of the Yachats River re-opened to the public Saturday after tests results from a city sewage spill a week earlier showed the water was safe. An estimated 62,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the Yachats River after crews working on a pump station on the north side of the river Nov. 8

Yachats council OKs $370,000 bid to (finally) renovate city’s Little Log Church Museum

October 26, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council has approved a bid to begin renovations on the city’s historic Little Log Church Museum despite the higher-than-expected cost. During a public hearing at its Wednesday meeting, the council approved a $370,000 bid from Top to Bottom Contractors of Newport to begin renovations — weather willing — sometime this winter.

Yachats council OKs offers of $77,000 and $75,000 to stop 20-acre clearcut just south of city

October 17, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – With an independent timber appraisal in hand, the Yachats city council on Tuesday approved making offers totaling nearly $152,000 to stop an impending clearcut in the in the middle of one of Yachats’ post card views. Based on the appraisal, the offer would pay the property owner $76,667 and the logging contractor who owns

City of Yachats begins variety of new and expanded communication efforts for residents, visitors

October 3, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Staying current with all things Yachats is getting easier as the city steps up its communication efforts with increased offerings and stylish new publication designs and colors. Spearheading efforts to satisfy the information appetite of locals and visitors while also appealing to a broader audience is city manager Bobbi Price, who collaborated with Brett

Yachats still waiting on final contractor bids to determine how, when to proceed with library project

September 26, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — On the surface, it may look as though not much is happening with the re-build of the Yachats Library. The old structure still stands on West Seventh Street; the temporary library is still open in the Commons building, with no exit date in sight. But key players in the years-old drive to give the

Despite $34,000 increase in cost, Yachats goes ahead with installing delineators on south edge of city

September 23, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Installation of the long-awaited pedestrian-safety delineators along the west side of U.S. Highway 101 on the south edge of Yachats did not happen this summer as anticipated – but it should be soon. Expectations about when the delineators would be installed and how much it would cost have been as flexible as the delineators

Yachats council OKs new water rate structure for businesses, vacation rentals to help fund long-term projects

September 19, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council voted Wednesday to raise water and sewer rates for commercial users – including vacation rentals – to plug a funding gap and strive toward parity with residential rates. There is a notable difference in rates paid by large users and residents, according to city officials, prompting the question of how

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Yachats’ annual “State of the City” presentation lays out 2024 accomplishments and goals for 2025

Did 4,677 emails from the Yachats city manager look odd? It was a “phishing” scheme — so delete it!

Cities of Yachats and Waldport working to improve, strengthen their code enforcement processes

City reopens access to Yachats River beach Saturday after new tests show water is safe

Yachats council OKs $370,000 bid to (finally) renovate city’s Little Log Church Museum

Yachats council OKs offers of $77,000 and $75,000 to stop 20-acre clearcut just south of city

City of Yachats begins variety of new and expanded communication efforts for residents, visitors

Yachats still waiting on final contractor bids to determine how, when to proceed with library project

Despite $34,000 increase in cost, Yachats goes ahead with installing delineators on south edge of city

Yachats council OKs new water rate structure for businesses, vacation rentals to help fund long-term projects

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Joe Chapman of Tenmile

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