A relatively new Yachats gallery and a well-known souvenir shop are on the move to destinations known and unknown. The Laughing Crab Gallery, which opened a year ago at […]
Other Yachats Community News
Unusual state hearing allows Tenmile residents to make case to join college district
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It was as informal as could be for a hearing before the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission. In a small room in the Yachats Commons on […]
Historic preservation volunteers descend on Cape Perpetua shelter for two weeks
Volunteers from a national historic preservation group will spend the next two weeks replacing the roof and doing other smaller restoration work on the West Shelter high on Cape […]
After uproar, Yachats council plans to discuss code enforcement policy Wednesday night
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council will discuss the city’s code enforcement program at its Wednesday, Sept. 18 meeting. The topic was put on the 6 p.m. agenda […]
Lincoln County commissioners enact some new rules on vacation rentals, will study other issues soon
Lincoln County commissioners have implemented the first of what could be many changes to how they regulate short-term vacation rentals in unincorporated areas of the county. The new rules […]
Student from Waldport and five others set sail on OSU research ship
Four high school students, a college student and a science teacher will learn to conduct research at sea during a four-day mission that started Thursday, Sept. 12 aboard a […]
Ocean View Drive got it’s big makeover on Thursday — tons of asphalt
Ocean View Drive through Yachats got much of its makeover Thursday. Crews from Road & Driveway of Newport paved two long sections of the road east and north of […]
YachatsNews to add three features to website starting Monday, Sept. 9
A note to YachatsNews.com readers: I’m happy to announce some small but noteworthy enhancements coming to YachatsNews.com starting Monday, Sept. 9. The additions are intended to both broaden and deepen […]
Lincoln County district attorney leaving job to take state position; governor seeks candidates
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Fresh out of law school and eager to get legal experience, Michelle Branam took a three-month position in the Wasco County district attorney’s office in 2004. […]
Yachats institutes first phase of water restrictions because of low river flows
The city of Yachats on Wednesday, Sept. 4, instituted an immediate restriction on water use because of low flow in two creeks that supply the city’s water system. The […]