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Yachats officials, work group members trying to figure out where city might possibly allow homeless camping

April 11, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats has identified nine possible locations where camping on city property could be allowed following a city council-passed ordinance last month that bans camping on most public property. To stem homeless people from erecting campsites willy-nilly across public property, municipalities across Oregon have passed ordinances to limit where camping can occur.

First Yachats “state of the city” address in four years outlines 2023 work and 2024 plans

February 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – An annual “state of the city” address traditionally given by the mayor of Yachats had not happened since former mayor John Moore gave one four years ago. That changed Thursday when first-term Mayor Craig Berdie was joined by commission chairs and the city manager in giving the first address of his

Skaters, kids, parents and city officials brave the elements to dedicate new Yachats skatepark

February 15, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A driving rain could not stop the official opening and ribbon cutting of the Yachats skatepark Thursday afternoon – although opening speeches were moved inside the Commons out of common sense. City manager Bobbi Price kicked off the event by addressing a packed house of more than 80 adults and children. “Today is a

Yachats has paid $133,000 for specialized computer system work — but finance committee questions what it’s getting

February 8, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Finding the pot of gold the city of Yachats has paid to improve its computer system is no problem – its finance committee has it detailed in black and white. What is proving elusive, however, is finding the rainbow of service orders that needed but never received approval as well as an accounting of

Yachats city manager says staff is making headway on collecting food taxes, issuing vacation rental licenses

February 8, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The days of uncollected or overdue food and beverage taxes along with weaknesses in the administration of vacation rentals are over as the city of Yachats, under new management gets busy with the business of putting its house in order. After learning at the December meeting of the city’s finance committee that thousands upon

As other jurisdictions raise lodging taxes, Yachats council decides to develop spending plan before making decision

December 28, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats has decided to tap the brakes on increasing its lodging tax until figuring out how it might spend the additional revenue. City manager Bobbi Price advised the city council at its Dec. 20 meeting to hold off on an increase because the city is already sitting on hefty reserves and

Thinned out by resignations, Yachats Planning Commission faces possibility of too few members in January

December 20, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats is scrambling to fill three of seven seats on its Planning Commission as resignations over health issues and frustration with city operations leave it with just one longtime member and the possibility of not having enough members to function next month. Commission chair John Theilacker and vice chair Jacqueline Danos

Yachats’ new city manager believes her “can-do” spirit and work ethic will bring stability to position plagued by turnover

November 30, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews When December dawns the slippery reins of Yachats city manager will fall into the capable but untested hands of Waldport native Bobbi Price who credits her family for instilling the can-do spirit that has characterized her career. Price graduated from Waldport High School in 2001, attended Portland State University for just over a year before deciding

Yachats chamber names co-directors to oversee its operations as Price prepares to take city job

November 13, 2023

BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A tandem team has stepped into the breach at the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce to fill the vacancy left by the departing executive director. Mindy Parsons and Nichole Lippincott will collaborate to cover all things chamber as they move the organization into the future on the heels of director Bobbi Price, who begins

Soil tests for Yachats library project throw a monkey wrench into $1 million expansion plans

November 2, 2023

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The plan all along had been to renovate and expand the 50-year-old Yachats Library on West Seventh Street with a $1.09 million makeover. But soil tests have dictated a “course correction”, in the words of one project leader. In early September, Foundation Engineering of Corvallis discovered it had to drill down 20 feet to

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Yachats officials, work group members trying to figure out where city might possibly allow homeless camping

First Yachats “state of the city” address in four years outlines 2023 work and 2024 plans

Skaters, kids, parents and city officials brave the elements to dedicate new Yachats skatepark

Yachats has paid $133,000 for specialized computer system work — but finance committee questions what it’s getting

Yachats city manager says staff is making headway on collecting food taxes, issuing vacation rental licenses

As other jurisdictions raise lodging taxes, Yachats council decides to develop spending plan before making decision

Thinned out by resignations, Yachats Planning Commission faces possibility of too few members in January

Yachats’ new city manager believes her “can-do” spirit and work ethic will bring stability to position plagued by turnover

Yachats chamber names co-directors to oversee its operations as Price prepares to take city job

Soil tests for Yachats library project throw a monkey wrench into $1 million expansion plans

Letters from readers

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Obituaries

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Marie Jones of Newport

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