When the Yachats Farmers Market opens its season at 9 a.m. Sunday, the market should be full of vendors, the sun will be shining and hopefully any drama from the […]
Yachats Farmers Market moves past turmoil for season opening
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Archives for 2019
Yachats fire district asking voters to approve 5-year operating levy
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Voters in the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District are being asked this month to approve one of two levies the district uses for day-to-day operations. Ballots were […]
OSU names new fisheries extension agent for central Oregon coast
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A marine scientist has joined Oregon Sea Grant and the Oregon State University Extension Service to work with the fishing industry on the central Oregon coast. Angee Doerr, who is […]
State replaces steps to popular Yachats River beach
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The steps to one of Yachats’ most popular beaches reopened Tuesday afternoon. A crew from Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department finished two days of work to replace the wooden […]
Yachats council decides on one-way directions for Ocean View Drive
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Yachats may not yet have a stoplight, but it could be getting a couple more one-way streets this summer. The City Council voted last week to make two sections of […]
Man found dead Thursday near Yachats State Park was longtime local restaurant worker
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The man found dead on the beach near Yachats State Park on Thursday, May 2, was a longtime Yachats-area resident and restaurant employee who had moved to […]
$6 million, 21-unit Yachats low-income housing project already has a long waiting list
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com When state and local dignitaries gather Thursday to celebrate the opening of a unique low-income housing development in Yachats, its 21 units will already be filled. And […]
Two Yachats Fire Board races draw five candidates, one board member unopposed
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District, which has had trouble finding people to run for its five-member board, is suddenly awash in candidates. Six people, including two […]
Yachats council reverses direction to award control of Sunday farmer’s market
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council on Wednesday rejected a recommendation that a vendor-run group manage the popular farmer’s market and instead voted unanimously to let a local businesswoman […]
April rainfall was most since 2012, makes up for dry March
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It may be sunny this week but April was a very wet month. Yachats received 9.11 inches of rain in April – three times the amount measured at the city’s […]