The Yachats City Council has made a dramatic change in the city’s vacation rental ordinance, deciding to allow an unlimited number of rentals in areas of the town zoned […]
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Paradise, Calif. fire victim perseveres in Yachats one year after fire destroyed her town
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Tracy Cahn’s daughter is in second grade and looking forward to her first ukulele lesson. Cahn’s son graduated from high school in June, despite living 450 […]
Yachats Celtic Music Festival recovers from struggles to attract performers from across North America
By KATHERINE LJUNGQVIST/YachatsNews.com When the four-member traditional Scottish-Irish music group Beolach takes the stage next Saturday night to headline the 2019 Yachats Celtic Music Festival, it’s not an accident […]
New Yachats fire station, largest public works project in area’s history, ready to unveil to the public
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The big entrance sign is almost done, the last of the landscaping is in, there are walls getting a last touch up with paint, floors to […]
Yachats’ fake cop car and ‘Officer Creepy’ do their job in slowing Highway 101 traffic
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The 14-year-old black and white Ford Crown Victoria sporting a big city of Yachats logo sits at a slight angle along U.S. Highway 101 on the […]
Yachats gets ready to kick off 20 years of celebrating mushrooms with big weekend of events
Yachats will fill with mushrooms and people who love them for three days starting Friday, Oct. 18. Sponsored by the Yachats Chamber of Commerce, the Yachats Mushroom Festival is […]
Yachats council votes unanimously to keep 125-license limit on vacation rentals
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to continue a controversial 125-license limit on vacation rentals in the city, its first major step to update its […]
Volunteers from Oregon and across the country converge on Cape Perpetua to restore historic shelter
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The 17-foot log rests on scaffolding 800 feet above the Pacific Ocean. A crew of retirees and Forest Service employees hefts the big log into place […]
Orchard’s orchids: A Yachats man’s love affair with a rare flower from South Africa
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Wally Orchard admits his hobby – if you can call it that — is a little out of hand. There is the timely gathering of tiny […]
As Yachats-area housing market continues to heat up, agents and buyers scramble to find homes
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The 33-year-old house sits near the south end of Yachats Ocean Road. It has two bedrooms, two baths and just 1,200 square feet of living space […]