As economy rebounds, many Lincoln County residents still struggle to find adequate housing

September 2, 2024

By REBECCA HANSEN-WHITE/KLCC News Over the last 20 years, Marti Johnson has lived in a few small Oregon Coast towns, but she’s always considered Newport home. “Coming up here, especially the sign that Newport has that (says) ‘the friendliest?’” she said. “I’ve never met more friendly people in my life.” Johnson said her teenage son has been in the

Oregon coast’s charter fleet helps provide good fishing opportunity, fun for both locals and visitors

September 2, 2024

By HAZEL FIEDLER/Oregon Coast TODAY DEPOE BAY — The first fishing boat of the morning unloaded at 10 a.m. I walked with the fishermen as they hauled their buckets filled with rockfish, ling cod and salmon to the cleaning station. They were windswept and excited. A buzz of conversation and laughter filled the air as they recounted their time

Two days of rain in late August help forests from burning, streams from drying

September 1, 2024

Just when experts worried the state would burn down and the streams would run dry, a late August rainstorm calmed everyone down. Now if we can just get through September, another typically dry month. The Yachats-area received an above average amount of rain in August, but compared to most of the year it’s still a drop in the bucket, according

Drug possession is a crime again in Oregon. Here’s the basics of what’s happening

September 1, 2024

Portland Police Central Bike Squad officer Donny Mathew cuffs a man arrested while in downtown Portland. By Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon has ended its experiment with drug decriminalization. Starting Sunday, possession of small amounts of illicit substances are once again considered a misdemeanor crime. Earlier this year, state lawmakers rolled back key provisions of Ballot Measure 110, the voter-passed initiative