By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A good hard rain on the last day of August and a new agreement with a neighboring water district likely means there will be no water restrictions in Yachats this fall despite a very dry last four months. Weather watchers around Yachats recorded nearly a half-inch of rain Thursday, Aug. 31 […]
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$450,000 reconstruction of East Second Street in Yachats should be finished this week
YACHATS – The second stage of a three-part plan to upgrade East Second Street neared its finish Monday as construction crews laid asphalt on a $450,00 project that rebuilt 560 feet of the road. After years if complaints from neighbors, the project was originally intended to start in June 2022. But that was cancelled […]
SW Lincoln Water district embarks on more than $6 million in pipe, valve upgrades with grants, loans, and rate increase
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The growing special service district that provides water to 1,400 customers from Yachats to south Waldport is embarking on more than $6 million in infrastructure projects to repair valves and replace miles of deteriorating pipes. While much of the work is being done via grants and low-interest loans, the Southwest Lincoln […]
2021 was a very wet year where the rain counts most — in the Coast range foothills that feed municipal water supplies
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Jim Adler began building his house and metal shop on a steep hillside three miles up the Yachats River 46 years ago and for the last 14 years has been painstakingly measuring and recording rainfall each day. What he writes down is an important record for Yachats’ 1,000 residents and the […]
A very dry November and big water leak creates some worries for city of Yachats
November rain in Yachats was the lowest recorded in the last 10 years, resulting in an 11-month total rainfall amount for the area just 71 percent of normal. There were just 2.38 inches of rain recorded at the city of Yachats’ wastewater treatment plant in November. The previous low November rainfall amount was more […]