Citizens must try to stop Beaver Creek herbicide spraying

August 15, 2023

To the editor: In 2017 the citizens of Lincoln County voted to support Measure 21-177 to ban aerial spraying of pesticides. However, after a 29-month ban, the measure was pre-empted by the courts and corporate interests. Now there are plans to begin pesticide spraying in Beaver Creek. Residents of Seal Rock and Beaver Creek are panicking for multiple reasons. The

Newport High soccer player dies after practice Monday

August 15, 2023

NEWPORT — A Newport High School sophomore’s death has left a family and community heartbroken. Those who knew Yael “Santi” Felix-Trejo, 15, described him as a beloved son, brother, friend and teammate. They said he loved sports, music and “creating his own style in everything he did.” The incoming Newport High School sophomore died Monday after he fell ill at

New doctors will experience demands of rural medical care during final two years of Samaritan’s coastal residency program

August 15, 2023

NEWPORT – Three new doctors will get a deep dive into the demands of rural health care over the next two years through Samaritan Health Services’ family medicine rural residency program based in Newport. The program’s goal is to create well-trained physicians specializing in family medicine with a focus on caring for an underserved, rural population. A secondary goal

Oregon Secretary of State launches database with campaign finance violations

August 15, 2023

BY JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s new secretary of state plans to publish monthly databases with information about campaign finance scofflaws. Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade said Monday the new database and other website updates are part of the office’s initiative CLEAR, which is not an acronym. A new webpage at oregonvotes.gov/transparency also includes links to training opportunities for candidates

Agencies ban fires for much of Lincoln County, including campgrounds and beaches

August 14, 2023

Because of hot dry weather, fire departments in Yachats, Waldport, Newport and Toledo have issued a ban on all outside burning such as campfires until Thursday. The ban applies to wood, charcoal, and sources of other flames that cannot be turned off with a valve on public or private property. Liquid fuel stoves or cooking devices that can be turned

Oregon Marine Reserves announces new research leader

August 14, 2023

NEWPORT – Moritz Schmid, a researcher whose work includes finding ways to use facial-recognition technology to identify marine organisms, has been hired to oversee research in the Oregon Marine Reserves program. Schmid fills the ecological team-leader slot after Lindsay Aylesworth became program leader last fall. Schmid, 36, comes from Oregon State University, where he was a researcher focusing on underwater

Amazon’s undersea cable off Tillamook County coast gets approval, but Oregon leaders want more oversight

August 14, 2023

By APRIL ERLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Amazon’s plans to install an undersea fiber-optic cable off the Tillamook County coast gained approval from state leaders last week, although with some reluctance. During a state lands board meeting Wednesday, Gov. Tina Kotek and Treasurer Tobias Read both said they wanted the state to adopt more robust regulations of undersea cables, particularly after a

Gray whales that spend summer off the Oregon coast are smaller than Arctic counterparts, OSU researchers find

August 14, 2023

By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Gray whales that spend their summers feeding off the coast of Oregon are shorter than their counterparts who travel north to the Arctic for food, new research from Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute shows. Both males and female gray whales in the subgroup known as the Pacific Coast Feeding Group are

Sheriff’s office schedules annual “shred day” for Saturday, Aug. 19

August 14, 2023

NEWPORT – The Lincoln County Sheriff’s office is hosting its annual “shred day” from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 19 in the the Lincoln County Courthouse parking lot, 225 W. Olive St. The event is an effort to combat identity theft and financial fraud and help Lincoln County residents protect their personal privacy. Shred Day is a free event open to

Lincoln County measure would have blocked proposed Beaver Creek spraying

August 13, 2023

To the editor: Glyphosate (sold commercially as RoundUp, an organophosphate pesticide) is part of a chemical cocktail a private forest owner is planning to aerial spray over 473 acres of Beaver Creek forested wetland north of Waldport in the near future. The landowner and the Oregon Department of Forestry, who issues the permit to spray, might consider the following: Beaver