By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats Library Commission has re-started its effort to significantly expand the city’s 48-year-old library building, seeking a designer for the interior and soon […]
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After two years of no meeting minutes, city of Yachats finds someone to do them and decides what to officially call them
YACHATS – For the first time in more than two years, the city of Yachats will have someone taking notes during council and commission meetings — or listening to […]
Lone candidate for Yachats city manager’s job withdraws application Friday night after council’s 3-2 contract vote Wednesday; chides city over unprofessional process
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The lone finalist for the Yachats city manager job has withdrawn her application after concerns she did not have the mayor’s support and because of […]
After disorganized, unorthodox process, Yachats City Council votes 3-2 to offer city manager contract to lone candidate — but uncertainty surrounds acceptance
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday to offer a contract to a new resident who spent the last 12 years overseeing a $10 […]
Yachats Parks & Commons Commission asks council to commit to $400,000 repairs of city-owned Little Log Church this summer
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – After a warning that the Little Log Church could literally fall down if nothing is done, the Yachats Parks & Commons Commission voted unanimously […]
Despite some initial fears, homeless use of pavilion behind Yachats Commons is so far largely uneventful
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — When the City of Yachats opened its pavilion last month to the homeless on bad-weather nights, some Yachats residents warned of drug needles, trash […]
After contentious discussion Thursday over some contract terms, Yachats council agrees on latest offer to prospective city manager
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t very professional. And it was contentious at times. But by the end of a 3½-hour meeting Thursday, the Yachats City Council […]
Little Log Church “buttoned up” for the winter and maybe longer as the city of Yachats debates what to do next
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNew.com YACHATS — After years with its deteriorating exterior exposed to the wind and rain, the Little Log Church and Museum is buttoned up for the winter […]
Yachats Planning Commission OKs permit for builder to complete unfinished downtown retail/condo project
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A development in downtown Yachats that has sat partially completed for 13 years and labeled an “eyesore” by one Planning Commission member, may be on its […]
Yachats council approves commission’s request to seek design/engineering proposals for makeover of city field
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A potential makeover of the big grass field behind Yachats City Hall is on to its next phase. After a discussion over money and staff time, […]