By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Maryann Brown believes that sitting is bad and walking is good. “First of all, it’s going to get your doctor off your back,” she says. Brown and […]
Friends of Yachats Library annual sale is a lot more than a book event
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com When the Yachats Library started its used book sale more than 25 years ago it involved scattering boxes of books on the floor of its building on […]
Village ‘mixer’ April 5 offers chance to meet new people
Even in a small community like Yachats it can be tough or awkward to meet people. That’s what inspired Patty Hodgins to start a “Village Mixer,” a twice-yearly event to […]
Newport hospital seeks patient advisers
NEWPORT — Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital is seeking local residents to give it advice on how to improve care. Patient advisers are part of ongoing efforts to improve patient satisfaction, […]
Hospital moves nuclear medicine machine and staff to Newport
NEWPORT — Nuclear medicine services will be offered at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital beginning Tuesday, April 2, after a transfer of equipment and staff from Lincoln City. The Lincoln City […]
Report shows increase in Oregon commercial fishing harvest for 2018
The value of Oregon’s commercial fishing harvests jumped to a better-than-average level in 2018, according to figures released this month by the Oregon Employment Department. Harvests have been averaging $151 […]
Six candidates file for three Yachats Fire Board seats
Voters in the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District will have some choices May 21 when it comes to choosing members of the district’s five-person board. Three positions up for election […]
Yachats and its businesses gear up for busy Spring Break
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 […]
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 […]
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 — […]