By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS – The Yachats city council dealt with a myriad of topics during a three-hour meeting Wednesday that shuffled through a deck of issues ranging […]
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Beautification volunteers and rock shop owner combine to create unusual, tiny park in downtown Yachats
By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — What’s the story with the big pink rock and the new benches at the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and West Fourth Street? […]
Crews remove 90-year-old bronze bell from atop Little Log Church in most visible act of $370,000 renovation
By YachatsNews YACHATS – It was a delicate procedure for a construction crew – how to access and then lift a corroding, 90-year-old bronze bell Thursday from the roof […]
How does Yachats plan for its future Commons area? Carefully — and with a lot of community comments
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – It’s no easy task to distill hundreds of opinions into one visionary master plan for the Yachats Commons area, nearby public buildings and open […]
City of Yachats exploring eight-acre site for big, new water reservoir and workforce housing development
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – When it comes to planning for the future of Yachats two issues always rise to the top – water sustainability and affordable housing. A […]
After years of community effort, 51-year-old Yachats library demolished to make way for 3,600 square foot structure
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The walls came tumbling down — and so did the doors, the windows and roof of the old Yachats library on Monday and Tuesday […]
Federal workers comprise just 2 percent of Lincoln County’s workforce, but have outsized impact on economy
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Firings and layoffs of federal workers by the Trump administration are likely to have marked effects on the economies of Oregon’s north coast counties, particularly in […]
Yachats council approves seven focus areas for 2025 tied to goals for itself, city manager and staff
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council has adopted seven focus areas and goals to guide work for itself and city staff during 2025 and plans quarterly […]
Contract for new Yachats library trimmed to $1.36 million; teardown of old building could be March 6
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — The city of Yachats has a contract with Unitus Services of Vancouver, Wash. to rebuild the West Seventh Street library with demolition of the […]
Yachats’ annual “State of the City” presentation lays out 2024 accomplishments and goals for 2025
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The hottest ticket in Yachats’ Monday night was the annual State of the City presentation in the Commons where a standing room only crowd […]