Yes, February was both rainy and cold. Yachats got more than a foot of rain in February – 12.25 inches measured at the city’s wastewater treatment plant – almost […]
February rain was second most in past 10 years
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Archives for February 2019
Yachats ‘watchers’ play integral part in weather reporting systems
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Donald Tucker relies on an automated station to take weather readings and an antenna on his roof to every five minutes transmit data that ends up in […]
Yachats Farmers Market reorganizing but should be ‘exactly the same’
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Farmers Market is undergoing a change of structure, but the goal of its new organizers is that the Sunday event remain exactly the same. The […]
Yachats Fire Board adds back storage building to new station
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection Board voted unanimously Thursday to build a $358,000 storage building at the back edge of its new fire station under construction on […]
There’s no quick fix for Yachats Bay beach stair repairs
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The only stair access to the south side of Yachats Bay has been closed by Oregon State Parks and Recreation after it was heavily damaged by high tides Feb. 18-20. […]
Commons’ multipurpose room closes for three weeks
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The multipurpose room in the Yachats Commons will be closed for three weeks starting Monday, March 4 to replace its floor. The work was originally supposed to have been done […]
OSU studies risks to coastline from more frequent, bigger storms
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By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Unstable slopes on Oregon’s coastline could see a 30 percent jump in landslide movements if extreme storms become frequent enough to increase seacliff erosion by […]
Study illuminates job vacancies in Lincoln County
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A new employment study released Friday covering Lincoln County and four adjacent areas shows, once again, that the chances of landing a full-time job with higher pay increase with the […]
Winter campground hosts say it’s a labor of love
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Russell and Paula Hagfors get a free place to park their trailer, electricity, sewer and garbage service. In the winter they live in a gated community with […]
Proposed lodging tax increase draws no support Wednesday night
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com As expected, the major motel managers in Yachats told the City Council Wednesday night that their idea to raise the city’s lodging tax by 11 percent was […]