By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats’ annual “Clean Sweep” event may be getting too popular – and big – for its own good. The city-sponsored event each June encourages people to bring unwanted household items, yard debris and other junk to the field behind the 501 Building. Trash goes into dumpsters and better household items are […]
Archives for July 2019
Yachats Fire District starts process for rezoning and selling downtown station
The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District has started the process of getting its downtown property re-zoned before putting it up for sale later this year. The district plans to start moving into its new, $8.3 million station on the north edge of Yachats in late September. The district property on West Second Street is zoned […]
Samaritan hospice program seeks quilts for annual auction
The hospice program at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport is seeking donated quilts for its annual Quilts for Hospice auction Sept. 30. Proceeds from the sale of quilts is used to fund services not covered by most insurance plans. These services may include music therapy, massage therapy and other discretionary items supporting patients at […]
Yachats council debates water rate adjustments, OKs study to possibly fix problems
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats will proceed with a $24,000 study of its water rates to possibly help correct billing mistakes made more than three years ago but only recently discovered. The City Council voted 4-1 last week to have a Eugene-based water consortium conduct the study, which should take 6-8 weeks. The […]
Parent-led study of Crestview Heights School in Waldport finds no current air quality issues
WALDPORT – An $8,700 air quality study at Crestview Heights School overseen by a parents group has found no current indoor environmental issues, the group has announced in a letter to the community. Five days of testing by G2 Consultants of Lake Oswego found no carbon monoxide and that levels of volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde […]
Central Lincoln PUD customers will see increase in July electricity bills
Residential electricity rates in Lincoln County went up 3 percent and a service charge increased by 9 percent a month effective July 1. After no increase last year, the Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District board voted in June to raise rates for fiscal 2019-20. The last increase – 4 percent – came in 2017. Commercial […]
Traveling folk singer offering free Yachats concert Thursday, July 11
A young songwriter and contemporary folk singer from Oriskany Falls, N.Y. will perform at a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11, in the multipurpose room of the Yachats Commons. Jules Renato is on a summer tour of the United States, stopping in small towns and putting on free, family-friendly public concerts. The tour […]
Yachats council discusses vacation rental issues in long Wednesday meeting but makes little headway
The Yachats City Council made little progress Wednesday on one of its thorniest issues – working out details of potential changes to the city’s 2-year-old vacation rental ordinance. Yachats’ vacation rental license program is one of the city’s most contentious issues, drawing hundreds to public hearings in 2017 before the council passed an ordinance limiting […]
Yachats celebrates Fourth of July and community with pancakes, pie and parade
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats celebrated community on the nation’s Fourth of July holiday by eating pancakes and pie, marching in or watching an oceanside parade, then topping it off with fireworks at dusk. “It’s a throwback to the 1950s,” said Jenica McKay of Portland, who for years has rented a house in town with five […]
Yachats will seek grant for traffic study to possibly help council make decisions on Ocean View Drive
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council voted 4-1 Wednesday to seek a state grant to do a comprehensive traffic study after a discussion and debate about what to do about Ocean View Drive. The council voted in May to designate two portions of the street for one-way traffic – northbound from West Second to […]