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After its own city manager search implodes, Yachats council votes to seek professional help — and hears rebuke of mayor

January 6, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After failing to land a new city manager in a protracted and painful 10-month homemade search process, the Yachats City Council voted Thursday to seek outside, professional help to find a new administrator. The unanimous vote came at the end of a five-hour meeting that included a hastily called executive session to discuss the failed recruitment

2021 was a very wet year where the rain counts most — in the Coast range foothills that feed municipal water supplies

January 6, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Jim Adler began building his house and metal shop on a steep hillside three miles up the Yachats River 46 years ago and for the last 14 years has been painstakingly measuring and recording rainfall each day. What he writes down is an important record for Yachats’ 1,000 residents and the thousands of tourists who flock

Owner of three commercially-zoned lots in downtown Yachats clears them of trees, but uncertain of plans

January 6, 2022

YACHATS – The owner of three commercially-zoned lots in downtown Yachats has cleared the land of trees in preparation of eventually doing something with the property – but there is nothing imminent in the works. “There are no concrete plans,” Brian Serbu of Yachats told YachatsNews. The three lots along West Fourth Street at Pontiac are owned by his

Last of winter’s king tides arrive just in time for new year, drawing more and more visitors to watch the crashing waves

December 30, 2021

The last of the so-called “king tides” of the season hit the Oregon coast Saturday just in time for the new year. In Oregon, king tides occur three months in the winter and three times during the summer when the Earth, moon and sun align to produce the highest tides of the year – ranging from 8-10 feet on

After 8-month pause, Yachats Library Commission resumes effort to expand, improve 48-year-old city library

December 23, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats Library Commission has re-started its effort to significantly expand the city’s 48-year-old library building, seeking a designer for the interior and soon a builder for a project estimated to cost up to $600,000. The city has posted notices and sent out inquiries seeking an interior designer to submit their work qualifications by

Yachats Parks & Commons Commission asks council to commit to $400,000 repairs of city-owned Little Log Church this summer

December 9, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – After a warning that the Little Log Church could literally fall down if nothing is done, the Yachats Parks & Commons Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend the City Council commit to replacing it this summer. And, after hearing how a church support group apparently missed out on a $125,000 grant this summer, the

Despite some initial fears, homeless use of pavilion behind Yachats Commons is so far largely uneventful

December 9, 2021

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — When the City of Yachats opened its pavilion last month to the homeless on bad-weather nights, some Yachats residents warned of drug needles, trash and crime. That hasn’t been the case. “We have not seen any of that,” said Pastor Bob Barrett of Yachats Community Presbyterian Church. A month ago, Barrett and two other

After contentious discussion Thursday over some contract terms, Yachats council agrees on latest offer to prospective city manager

December 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t very professional. And it was contentious at times. But by the end of a 3½-hour meeting Thursday, the Yachats City Council may have agreed on good enough terms to entice Gretchen Dubie to sign on to become its next city manager. The council voted last month to have Mayor Leslie Vaaler

Little Log Church “buttoned up” for the winter and maybe longer as the city of Yachats debates what to do next

December 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNew.com YACHATS — After years with its deteriorating exterior exposed to the wind and rain, the Little Log Church and Museum is buttoned up for the winter – and maybe longer. Now, over the next few months, it could be time for a city commission and the City Council to figure out what to do next. A

A very wet November helps push Yachats-area yearly rainfall totals closer to average

December 2, 2021

One of the wettest Novembers in 16 years is pushing Yachats-area rainfall amounts closer to average for the calendar year. But December will have to be a very wet month for the central Oregon coast to meet average yearly rainfall totals. As usual, rainfall amounts in the Yachats area differed by as much as 8 inches, depending on where the

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After its own city manager search implodes, Yachats council votes to seek professional help — and hears rebuke of mayor

2021 was a very wet year where the rain counts most — in the Coast range foothills that feed municipal water supplies

Owner of three commercially-zoned lots in downtown Yachats clears them of trees, but uncertain of plans

Last of winter’s king tides arrive just in time for new year, drawing more and more visitors to watch the crashing waves

After 8-month pause, Yachats Library Commission resumes effort to expand, improve 48-year-old city library

Yachats Parks & Commons Commission asks council to commit to $400,000 repairs of city-owned Little Log Church this summer

Despite some initial fears, homeless use of pavilion behind Yachats Commons is so far largely uneventful

After contentious discussion Thursday over some contract terms, Yachats council agrees on latest offer to prospective city manager

Little Log Church “buttoned up” for the winter and maybe longer as the city of Yachats debates what to do next

A very wet November helps push Yachats-area yearly rainfall totals closer to average

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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