By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats’ mayor declined to read a Religious Freedom Day proclamation during the city council’s second meeting of the year, and it’s unclear how the text […]
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Pushed by new mayor, Yachats council begins discussion on how to address longstanding concerns over water supply
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS – Every city councilor for the past five years has agreed that Yachats needs to find a source of water for the lean summer months and […]
Yachats’ financial situation continues to improve with strong lodging tax revenue, urban renewal money and slow spending on projects
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats may be in its strongest financial position in years because of better-than-forecasted revenue from lodging taxes, money from a urban […]
Yachats city council holds first in-person meeting in two years, swears in mayor and councilor and hears from attorney
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS – In its first meetings of the new year — and the last return to in-person meetings for any public agency in Lincoln County — […]
In its last — and shortest — meeting of 2022, Yachats councilors praise outgoing mayor and fellow council member
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Yachats council members said goodbye to two of their members Wednesday, praising appointee Anthony Muirhead for his character and Leslie Vaaler for her attention […]
ODOT says delineator project on south edge of Yachats is a testing ground for bike route all along the Oregon Coast
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A 1,000-foot-long traffic project just south of downtown Yachats will make the town a testing ground for new safety measures not just locally, but all along […]
Discussion and possible vote on roles, rules for Yachats’ commissions put off until new members join city council in January
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – A city council discussion – and at least one proposal – to change how three city commissions operate stalled last week when one member […]
City of Yachats wins $250,000 ODOT grant it will use to re-start E. Second Street project
YACHATS – The city of Yachats has received a $250,000 grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation to help it rebuild a 540-foot section of East Second Street. The […]
Yachats council approves request — and $70,000 — to create emergency shelter for homeless in church’s parking lot
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — With two votes — one unanimous, one not — the Yachats city council Wednesday approved and funded a $70,000 emergency shelter proposal for the […]
Yachats Planning Commission OKs request by motel owners to put four park model homes for workers on property
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal by the owners of the Fireside and Overleaf motels to put four “park model” […]