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WALDPORT – The Port of Alsea board will interview the five people who applied for a soon-to-be vacant board seat during a special meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday. Longtime board chair Rob Bishop, who was re-elected in May, is resigning effective Oct. 19. Following the interviews, the five-member board could select someone at its Oct. 5 meeting or wait until

YACHATS – A Roseburg man is in the Lincoln County jail after crashing his car Thursday in Yachats and fleeing into a neighborhood. Oregon State Police were able to track Derick L. Weinhold, 32, and charged him with driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving after the 2:30 p.m. incident. A report by Trooper Scott Severson said alcohol

The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz and two other Oregon tribes have secured more than $2.3 million in federal grants to provide services and promote justice for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and trafficking. The grants are from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women. The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians received $990,098, the Confederated Tribes

WALDPORT — Firewood cutting permits for the Siuslaw National Forest will be available beginning Monday – if there is no federal government shutdown. Commercial and personal use permits are required and must be displayed when harvesting or transporting firewood. Permits will be available beginning Monday, Oct. 2 at the Waldport district office, 1130 Forestry Lane, and in Reedsport, 855 U.S.