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Yachats council holds initial hearings on fireworks ban, homeless camping and expresses concern about Post Office operations

February 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS –Yachats moved closer to passing a fireworks ban and getting an ordinance on the books to keep homeless people from camping wherever they want within city limits during the first of two public hearings Wednesday. The Yachats city council also agreed during its monthly meeting to move forward with applying for two grants – one

Yachats council praises staff during emergencies this week, hears restaurant tax appeal, fills planning commission and OKs seeking grants

January 18, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council covered a potpourri of topics in its first meeting of 2024, which as it transitions to one session a month lasted nearly 3½ hours Wednesday. Council checked on the progress of projects, voted to pursue several grants, filled vacant seats on the planning commission, moved to ban fireworks, received budget

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

Yachats council changes course Thursday and votes to hire chamber director Bobbi Price as next city manager

October 26, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Riding a wave of public and city staff support along with some soul-searching by the city council, Bobbi Price has been named the next city manager of Yachats. The decision to hire Price, the executive director of the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce, was announced at a special meeting of the council Thursday afternoon.

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

Yachats council sets busy schedule for city manager candidates, hopes to make a decision Thursday

October 5, 2023

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, there is no doubt they will be put through the paces presenting their cases. “We have some very well-structured panels that will be asking questions,” Mayor Craig Berdie said at

Yachats council OKs $4,473 for county’s winter shelter effort, but still wrestling with camping ordinance for city

September 21, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – With a nod to the money it receives from Lincoln County to care for the homeless, the Yachats city council Wednesday unanimously approved chipping in $4,473 to support regional emergency winter shelters. County officials asked Yachats and other cities for a contribution of $4.50 per person based on its population in the 2020 Census

With a coin flip to break a 2-2 tie, winner Barry Collins is sworn in as Yachats’ newest city council member

July 20, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Choosing a new city council member came down to a coin toss at Yachats’ city council meeting Wednesday after four current members were split on which of two applicants was the best fit. The mayor and three councilors wrote their votes on pieces of paper and passed them to deputy city recorder Kimmie Jackson,

Deadline for Yachats council application is 1 p.m. Monday

July 13, 2023

YACHATS — Applications for the vacant Yachats City Council position are due to city hall by 1 p.m. Monday, July 17. Only two people have applied so far. Kathryn Torrence is a retired nurse with experience in consultation and facilitating work groups in documenting for providers best practices for patient outcomes. Barry Collins is a retired attorney who spent the

Latest interim Yachats city manager gives his assessment of issues — they’re both troublesome and promising

June 18, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS — After 10 days on the job, Yachats’ new interim city manager Rick Sant dove headlong into the deep end of the municipal pool with a no holds barred assessment of the city’s state of affairs during last week’s city council meeting. There was no sugar coating or varnishing of opinion as Sant delivered his

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Yachats council holds initial hearings on fireworks ban, homeless camping and expresses concern about Post Office operations

Yachats council praises staff during emergencies this week, hears restaurant tax appeal, fills planning commission and OKs seeking grants

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

Yachats council changes course Thursday and votes to hire chamber director Bobbi Price as next city manager

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

Yachats council sets busy schedule for city manager candidates, hopes to make a decision Thursday

Yachats council OKs $4,473 for county’s winter shelter effort, but still wrestling with camping ordinance for city

With a coin flip to break a 2-2 tie, winner Barry Collins is sworn in as Yachats’ newest city council member

Deadline for Yachats council application is 1 p.m. Monday

Latest interim Yachats city manager gives his assessment of issues — they’re both troublesome and promising

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Obituaries

Marie Jones of Newport

Rebecca L. Bloch of Yachats

Sandra Lee Dunn of Yachats