By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It’s a brilliant, sunny day but Greg Shocklee and Ella Geffey are in the lower kitchens of the Ona Restaurant & Lounge slicing potatoes and making German chocolate cake for the upcoming international dinner that fills the restaurant with locals. But they know the real crowds – and a big jump in […]
Archives for March 2019
Yachats commission OKs yearly museum budget but asks for increased fundraising
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Parks and Commons Commission on Thursday approved a yearly budget for the city-owned Little Log Church and Museum, but not before warning the museum board that it has to do a lot better job at fundraising. In a city budget of $1.7 million, the $15,900 spent on yearly operating costs […]
Yachats council discusses issues with county commissioners
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council spent an hour Wednesday night meeting with the three Lincoln County commissioners, getting the county’s view — and asking a few questions — on a laundry list of issues. The meeting was a yearly visit by the Newport-based commission to visit city councils in all the county’s incorporated […]
Agencies ask beachgoers to help protect snowy plover nesting sites
The Siuslaw National Forest and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department are urging beachgoers to help recovery of the threatened western snowy plover by respecting nesting areas and beach restrictions during nesting season, March 15 through Sept. 15. Beachgoers will see signs and ropes that identify sensitive plover nesting areas and list restrictions, including dogs (even […]
Painting of Yaquina Bay Bridge will cause some disruptions
A project to paint part of the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport may cause some short delays or minor disruptions until October. Contractors for the Oregon Department of Transportation will be painting the two spans of the bridge’s steel members under the road deck because they need additional protection from the harsh coastal environment. Most […]
Little Log Church board agrees to tear down, replicate deteriorating building
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There are holes in the siding of the Little Log Church and Museum in downtown Yachats. There is no foundation under the church. And there is dry rot throughout the structure. And, it could cost $300,000 or more to repair or replace. Is it worth it? That’s the question facing the city […]
Yachats may have been under-charging biggest water users for years
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com What do you do when after three years it’s discovered that you might be under-charging the biggest water users in Yachats? That’s the $27,000 question that could be facing the city of Yachats. Tom Lauritzen, a Yachats resident and former finance consultant for the city, has apparently unearthed a 3-year-old mistake in […]
Waldport High students selling their tiny house
Want a tiny house? Students at Waldport High School may have a deal for you. Students in the school’s manufacturing and fabrication class designed and then built the shell for a tiny house. Now it’s sitting in the school parking lot and ready to be sold. The sale is by sealed bid. Details of the […]
Lincoln County employment drops 60 more than expected in January
Seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment dropped by 60 more jobs than expected in January, the Oregon Employment Department announced Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted employment rate in Lincoln County rose to 5.2 percent in January, up from 5 percent in December. The rate in January 2018 was 4.8 percent. Oregon’s unemployment rate is 4.3 percent; the national […]
Forest deputy patrols the gravel roads and timberlands of Lincoln County
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Sheriff Deputy Nick Vaille is only a few miles up the Yachats River when he takes a hard left, aiming his truck up a steep, one lane Forest Service road. For the next three hours Vaille will rarely touch pavement as he winds along gravel roads patrolling public forests and […]