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Yachats residents listen, quiz and then weigh in Monday night on preferences for new city manager

October 11, 2023

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 questions from community members. Seventy people turned out to participate in roundtable discussions that had the three finalists for the job rotating between three groups to field questions before participants

Yikes! A $1,866 water and sewer bill? Yachats resident asks — and gets — some relief from whopping charge

October 9, 2023

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 found instead a bill for $1,866. It was not the first anomaly on Stephen Isaac’s combined water and sewer bill. In May he received a bill for $876. That bill

Late September rain and deluge this week is enough for city to ease water restrictions in Yachats

October 4, 2023

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 water restrictions. The Yachats city council decided Thursday to end the city’s phase 1 water restrictions. After a heavy late-September rainstorm and another downpour early this week, Yachats water supervisor

Chamber director, a current city manager and Washington state employee are finalists for Yachats manager job

September 22, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The executive director of the Yachats Chamber of Commerce, the administrator of a small but growing Eastern Oregon community, and a Washington state government employee are the finalists for Yachats’ city manager position. The city and the recruiting firm Jensen Strategies announced the finalists Friday after meeting in executive (closed) session Tuesday to discuss eight

Late August rainfall and new Southwest Lincoln agreement likely means no September water restrictions in Yachats

September 4, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A good hard rain on the last day of August and a new agreement with a neighboring water district likely means there will be no water restrictions in Yachats this fall despite a very dry last four months. Weather watchers around Yachats recorded nearly a half-inch of rain Thursday, Aug. 31 to help ease the strain

$450,000 reconstruction of East Second Street in Yachats should be finished this week

August 29, 2023

YACHATS – The second stage of a three-part plan to upgrade East Second Street neared its finish Monday as construction crews laid asphalt on a $450,00 project that rebuilt 560 feet of the road. After years if complaints from neighbors, the project was originally intended to start in June 2022. But that was cancelled after bids came in 62

SW Lincoln Water district embarks on more than $6 million in pipe, valve upgrades with grants, loans, and rate increase

August 8, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The growing special service district that provides water to 1,400 customers from Yachats to south Waldport is embarking on more than $6 million in infrastructure projects to repair valves and replace miles of deteriorating pipes. While much of the work is being done via grants and low-interest loans, the Southwest Lincoln County Water Public Utility District’s

There’s no Bronny James in these parts, but Yachats — and maybe Waldport soon — is installing defibrillators around town

July 27, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews When – not if – someone in the Yachats Commons has a cardiac arrest they now have a better chance at survival thanks to a recently-installed defibrillator in the hallway outside the multipurpose room. And there will be four more placed soon in city facilities – and maybe even one in a downtown Yachats business to

After completing two housing studies, Yachats seeks third grant to help find short- and long-term solutions

July 20, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The data has been collected, potential solutions sorted, and now the recommendations – short and long-term — have been made on how to possibly help Yachats correct some affordable housing issues. The recommendations will need more community conversations and even the simplest will not be easy to implement, so the Planning Commission wants the

Will Yachats’ next city manager have to walk on water to get the job? Council, recruiting firm go over long list of attributes

July 13, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The next full-time Yachats city manager needs to be a good communicator and facilitator who is in step with the environmental and cultural sensitivity the town prides itself on. Those were crucial qualities the mayor and two council members stressed to Jensen Strategies staff as they reviewed the documents the Portland-based recruiting firm had

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Yachats residents listen, quiz and then weigh in Monday night on preferences for new city manager

Yikes! A $1,866 water and sewer bill? Yachats resident asks — and gets — some relief from whopping charge

Late September rain and deluge this week is enough for city to ease water restrictions in Yachats

Chamber director, a current city manager and Washington state employee are finalists for Yachats manager job

Late August rainfall and new Southwest Lincoln agreement likely means no September water restrictions in Yachats

$450,000 reconstruction of East Second Street in Yachats should be finished this week

SW Lincoln Water district embarks on more than $6 million in pipe, valve upgrades with grants, loans, and rate increase

There’s no Bronny James in these parts, but Yachats — and maybe Waldport soon — is installing defibrillators around town

After completing two housing studies, Yachats seeks third grant to help find short- and long-term solutions

Will Yachats’ next city manager have to walk on water to get the job? Council, recruiting firm go over long list of attributes

Letters from readers

Commissioner clarifies stance on Veterans Service levy on Nov. 4 ballot

Lincoln County ballot measure is a commitment to our veterans

$25,000 grant will help View the Future’s community conversations

Obituaries

Joe Chapman of Tenmile

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Marie Jones of Newport

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