By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNew.com The Yachats City Council got some push-back Wednesday night as it sought comments on changing traffic flows on Ocean View Drive east and north of Yachats State […]
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City commission votes to recommend that vendor group run Sunday market
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Parks and Commons Commission will recommend to the City Council that a new, vendor-run group take over management of the popular Sunday food and craft […]
Yachats group looking high and low to help pay for Amanda Trail suspension bridge
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Joanne Kittel has a bridge she wants you to help buy. But it’s not any old bridge. Kittel and the group she helps lead, View the Future, […]
Noxious odors and community uproar closes Waldport elementary school Wednesday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Officials cancelled classes Wednesday at Waldport’s only public elementary school after a series of air quality issues sent at least 14 students to the hospital […]
City unveils drawings for library expansion as commission reaffirms support
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats unveiled an engineer’s drawing of the proposed expansion and remodel of the library building Thursday, likely bringing to close years of debate over […]
Three building projects show progress in downtown Yachats
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Frank Male and Linda Hetzler are spending about $400,000 each to transform two eyesores in downtown Yachats. Male bought a vacant, decaying former wine shop and two […]
Local Meals on Wheels program in need of spring, summer volunteers
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Three days a week Nicole Person uses two dozen volunteers to put together 65 meals for low-income, disabled or homebound residents of the Yachats and Waldport areas. […]
Finance Committee has first peek at draft city budget — and gets asked for cuts
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Finance Committee got a first glimpse Wednesday of a draft 2019-20 city budget for capital projects and was immediately asked to look for ways to […]
Public works commission makes headway – but no decision – on possible water rate problem
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Public Works and Streets Commission may be closer to discovering how much the city might be undercharging some businesses for water use – but is […]
Smelt Sands Beach State Park closes Monday for paving
Smelt Sands State Park on the north edge of Yachats will be closed for a week starting Monday, April 8 while a contractor paves the gravel entrance and parking lot. […]