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 double the amount in January. That foot of rain made February 2019 … [Read more...] about February rain was second most in past 10 years
Archives for February 2019
Yachats ‘watchers’ play integral part in weather reporting systems
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 a national data center in Utah. Kirk Walker does it the old … [Read more...] about Yachats ‘watchers’ play integral part in weather reporting systems
Yachats Farmers Market reorganizing but should be ‘exactly the same’
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 market, through its website, expects to begin taking … [Read more...] about Yachats Farmers Market reorganizing but should be ‘exactly the same’
Yachats Fire Board adds back storage building to new station
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 the north edge of Yachats. The … [Read more...] about Yachats Fire Board adds back storage building to new station
There’s no quick fix for Yachats Bay beach stair repairs
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. But repairing it and reopening the access won’t be as simple as some bolts and … [Read more...] about There’s no quick fix for Yachats Bay beach stair repairs