By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — After operating just 21 days in its first full season, the emergency cold weather shelter in the parking lot of Yachats Community Presbyterian Church […]
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Yachats church’s bigger and better Oktoberfest returns this weekend with beer, brats and music
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — Break out the lederhosen and dirndls — Munich, Germany is coming to the coast with the first annual Yachats Oktoberfest, a celebration of beer, […]
The idea for this weekend’s Yachats conference on race was born during Saturday vigils on the sidewalks of Highway 101
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The conversations started after the first year of their weekly Saturday Black Lives Matter protests along U.S. Highway 101 in Yachats. “Is there something […]
Housing crisis forces Presbyterian church to gently evict Yachats Community Garden for pastor’s new home
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews An activist pastor, a treasured garden and a thorny housing crisis — these are the elements of a bittersweet solution to a problem in Yachats. The […]
Despite some initial fears, homeless use of pavilion behind Yachats Commons is so far largely uneventful
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — When the City of Yachats opened its pavilion last month to the homeless on bad-weather nights, some Yachats residents warned of drug needles, trash […]
$19,000 in donations replenishes Yachats church’s fund for local displaced workers
The displaced worker fund at Yachats Community Presbyterian Church gave $100 each to 37 unemployed residents Wednesday after supporters replenished the effort with $19,000 in the past week. The fund, […]
Yachats church raises $60,000 in four days for business relief fund, quickly awards $20,000 in grants
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats church on Tuesday handed out $20,227 worth of aid to 15 small, local businesses as part of a growing community effort to help […]
Yachats church doubles its displaced worker help, city starts matching program for local businesses
Because of a surge in community donations, Yachats Community Presbyterian Church is doubling the amount of cash assistance it is giving to displaced workers in the Yachats area. So […]