BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A tandem team has stepped into the breach at the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce to fill the vacancy left by the departing executive director. Mindy Parsons and Nichole Lippincott will collaborate to cover all things chamber as they move the organization into the future on the heels of […]
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Although concerned about assuming operating costs, Yachats council moves forward with grant application for tourist trolley
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Although concerned about assuming the cost of operating a tourist trolley for five months a year, the Yachats city council voted unanimously Thursday to continue pursuing a $100,000 grant to help purchase a vehicle. The Yachats Chamber of Commerce is pushing the idea of a trolley to ferry tourists […]
Yachats chamber creates new interactive guidebook aimed at young travelers
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Young adventure lovers have new territory to explore in nature and between the pages of a nifty new guide issued by the Yachats Chamber of Commerce. The interactive Youth Outdoor Adventure Guide asks “tidepool detectives” to draw the critters they come across before moving on to describe the sights, […]
Could a tourist trolley work in Yachats? Chamber — and then maybe city — pursuing feedback on the idea
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – A lightbulb went on for Bobbi Price when she was visiting Pacific City and saw a free and quaint trolley shuttling people around town. The Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce executive director thought if it can be successful there – why not in Yachats? And what better way to […]
Three days of craft or book sales begin Friday in Yachats
YACHATS — The first spring weekend in Yachats is blooming with two popular arts and crafts fairs, plus a big book sale to benefit the Yachats Library. In all, beginning Friday there will be 38 hours of browsing and shopping fun. Yachats Ladies Club Spring Crafts Bazaar, 286 W. Third St., 10 a.m. to 3 […]
More Yachats-area restaurants close over the weekend as business plummets and to keep staff, public safe
By QUINTON SMITH and CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Two more Yachats restaurants closed this weekend as business slumped from statewide dining restrictions, fewer Spring Break visitors and to protect staff and customers from possibly spreading the coronavirus. Ona Restaurant owner Michelle Korgan closed her business at 4 p.m. Saturday. Yachats Brewing + Farmstore announced on Facebook […]
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 celebrating its 20th year as it attracts hundreds of visitors and local residents to learn everything from how to hunt, to identify, to cook or […]