By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – After a two-year absence, there will be fireworks and the La de da parade in Yachats over the three-day Fourth of July holiday. The […]
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Yachats commission asks city council to set up special committee to help work on water security issues
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — A city commission that deals with water projects is asking the city council to authorize a separate group to help Yachats get water projects […]
Still wrestling with staffing issues, new Yachats manager again asks for public’s patience with city hall closure
YACHATS – Yachats city manager Heide Lambert is again asking for patience from the public when it comes to dealing with city hall. Lambert, who started as city manager […]
Another long discussion by Yachats council on repairs to Little Log Church ends with 3-2 vote to seek bids for plans — and more frustration
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats City Council voted 3-2 Thursday to seek bids for a structural engineering report so it can get estimates for possible repairs to […]
Prime downtown property overlooking Yachats River is up for sale again. Should the city buy it for a park? Yachats resident may help with $100,000
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Yachats couple who wanted to turn a former restaurant site overlooking the Yachats River into a farm-to-market restaurant and gathering place have abandoned […]
Yachats’ new city manager asks for patience tackling a long list of organizational issues when she starts her job Monday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – When Heide Lambert starts her new job as Yachats city manager Monday, she’ll be walking into a building that has had three managers and […]
Yachats City Council votes unanimously Friday to hire Heide Lambert of Waldport as its next city manager
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Yachats’ new city manager will start on Valentine’s Day. The Yachats City Council and soon-to-be manager Heide Lambert of Waldport hope it will be a […]
Nonprofit executive who is also a Waldport council member re-emerges as finalist for Yachats city manager’s job
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Waldport city councilor who is the head of a Lincoln and Tillamook county nonprofit is now the leading and lone candidate to become […]
Yachats council votes 4-1 to tell contractor it intends to proceed with major repairs of city’s Little Log Church
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The city of Yachats – despite a lone no vote from the mayor – will tell a Eugene contractor it intends to go forward […]
After its own city manager search implodes, Yachats council votes to seek professional help — and hears rebuke of mayor
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After failing to land a new city manager in a protracted and painful 10-month homemade search process, the Yachats City Council voted Thursday to seek outside, […]