By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Sheriff Deputy Nick Vaille is only a few miles up the Yachats River when he takes a hard left, aiming his truck up a steep, […]
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Yachats council backs off tax increase, will appoint study committee
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council on Wednesday tabled it’s proposal to increase the city’s lodging tax, instead planning to form a committee of businesses and community members to […]
Yachats Fire Board openings draw only one candidate – so far
Katherine Guenther, chair of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection Board, is running for re-election but two other board positions on the May 21 ballot have yet to draw any candidates. […]
Mishandled handgun lands Yachats man in jail
Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 61-year-old Yachats man Wednesday, Feb. 27 on accusations he negligently fired a handgun with the bullet going into a neighbor’s house. No one was […]
February rain was second most in past 10 years
Yes, February was both rainy and cold. Yachats got more than a foot of rain in February – 12.25 inches measured at the city’s wastewater treatment plant – almost […]