By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Contractors early Friday finished cleaning up a 5-day-old 2,900 gallon milk spill on the east side of U.S. Highway 101 just south of Yachats. The operation started at 8 p.m. Thursday and was finished at 3 a.m. Friday. NWFF Environmental of Philomath and its contractors removed a foot of dirt from […]
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Organizers seek artists for annual Yachats banner project
Michael Guerriero is looking for some painters. Guerriero, a Yachats artist, is organizing other artists to paint 40 banners to hang on U.S. Highway 101 light poles in downtown Yachats and elsewhere around town. Artists must complete their work by May 29. The 23- by 42-inch banners will be displayed from mid June through September. […]
Analytics Data Snapshot – March 27, 2019
Google Analytics data for YachatsNews.com over a one-month period appears below. The peaks tend to occur weekly when MailChimp delivers the email bulletins automatically on Friday mornings. A milk truck spill shared on Facebook contributes to the peak on March 24 (411 users.) Considering that the 2010 Census shows the year-round population at 690 (now […]
One step at a time for Yachats Coastal Gems walking group
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Maryann Brown believes that sitting is bad and walking is good. “First of all, it’s going to get your doctor off your back,” she says. Brown and her group – the Yachats Coastal Gems – want to help keep the doctor away. Each month it organizes walks in Lincoln or north Lane […]
Friends of Yachats Library annual sale is a lot more than a book event
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com When the Yachats Library started its used book sale more than 25 years ago it involved scattering boxes of books on the floor of its building on West Seventh Street. Now the annual fundraiser for the library fills the Yachats Commons multipurpose room with almost 10,000 volumes and draws 500 people – […]