By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A proposed corporate tax hike to send every Oregonian a check could end up costing the state more than $1 billion annually, legislative […]
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Newport Symphony launches its 2024-25 season with performances Saturday, Sunday
By Oregon Coast TODAY The Newport Symphony Orchestra gets its 2024-25 season off to a rousing start this weekend with “Symphonic Bacchanale and the Divine Cello” featuring Mark Votapek, […]
Surf’s up this weekend at South Beach State Park for Oregon championship event
By Oregon Coast TODAY The jetty at South Beach State Park in Newport will be the place to catch a break this weekend when the second Annual Oregon State Surfing […]
Newport student taken into custody Tuesday after school shooting threat
NEWPORT – Police took a 14-year-old Newport High School student into custody on an accusation of disorderly conduct Tuesday night after he posted on social media an implication there would […]
5 Questions and a Secret: How a pharmacist and nurse went from medicine to glass blowing and studio
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews SEAL ROCK — Bubbling up, then bursting forth. That’s the way Bob Meyer, owner of Ocean Beaches Glassblowing and Gallery in Seal Rock, describes the creativity […]
Oregon legislators hear drug possession arrests increase since new misdemeanor charge took effect
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon lawmakers are starting to wade into the work of monitoring whether the state’s new drug possession law will successfully help the state […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate stays at 4.7 percent in August
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Lincoln County leveled off in August, but is still significantly higher than the Oregon or national rates, according to the latest report Tuesday from […]
Four mayors endorse Hall for re-election to county commission
To the Editor: We, the undersigned mayors of Lincoln County, are proud to endorse Lincoln County Commissioner Claire Hall for re-election. As fellow elected leaders, we have worked with Commissioner […]
Samaritan offering emergency preparedness doubleheader Thursday
NEWPORT — Disaster can strike unexpectedly and in different ways – flooding, wind damage, earthquake and fire, to name a few. Are you prepared to survive an emergency? A free […]
Another review shows Oregon DMV data error registered 1,259 noncitizens to vote, nine did so
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon erroneously added more than 1,200 people without documented proof of citizenship to its voter rolls in the past few years and nine […]