Newport’s Highway 101 couplet idea is going the wrong way

April 3, 2025

To the editor: April Fools Day just happened and will happen again from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at Newport city hall when the next installment of the magical mystery tour happens again. The mystery is how an inept proposed plan to spend $12-14 million in taxes by expanding what is not working. The areas that need to be removed

Two Newport galleries launch new but very different exhibits Friday and April 16

April 3, 2025

By Oregon Coast TODAY Newport’s Nye Beach area has two buildings that support the arts on the Oregon Coast — the Newport Visual Arts Center and the Newport Performing Arts Center. Beginning Friday, April 4, the two sites will each host new, visually arresting exhibits. In the Upstairs Gallery at the Visual Arts Center, “A Thousand Hands” features the

As expected, PacifiCorp appeals 2023 Multnomah County jury verdict that found it caused 2020 wildfires

April 3, 2025

By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal PacifiCorp on Tuesday appealed a landmark class action lawsuit verdict after a jury in 2023 found the utility giant at fault for damage caused by four of the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. A Portland jury in June 2023 found PacifiCorp negligent and grossly negligent for causing the South Obenchain, 242, Echo Mountain and Santiam

County’s transfer of two Yachats streets may be finished this month

April 3, 2025

Maybe it just might happen. Maybe. On Wednesday, Lincoln County commissioners – after a public hearing that lasted no more than two minutes – asked its attorney to bring an order to its April 16 meeting to officially transfer portions of Marine Drive and Ocean View Drive to the city of Yachats. It’s a process that’s been talked about

Local government projects in Waldport, Newport, Toledo and Siletz lose millions when appropriations bill dies

April 3, 2025

By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle There was $1 million to help expand Oregon Coast Community College’s welding program in Toledo into a new building. There was another $1 million headed to Waldport to help the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District repair and renovate the main fire station downtown it is buying from the city. In Siletz, the fire

City of Waldport Notice of Budget Committee and City Council Meeting

April 2, 2025

Notice of Budget Committee and City Council Meeting In accordance with ORS 294.426, this serves as notice that two public meetings of the Budget Committees for the City of Waldport, Waldport Urban Renewal District, and Road District #3, Lincoln County, State of Oregon on the budgets for the fiscal year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, will be held

RescheduledPUBLIC NOTICE OF CITY OF DEPOE BAY AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS

April 2, 2025

PUBLIC NOTICE OF CITY OF DEPOE BAY AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that public meetings of the City of Depoe Bay and Urban Renewal Agency Budget Committees of the City of Depoe Bay, Lincoln County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for fiscal year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, will be

Oregon Coast CC’s community education classes range from songwriting to end-of-life decisions

April 2, 2025

By Oregon Coast TODAY Whether you are looking to pick up a lifesaving skill, explore your creative side, connect with the natural beauty of the coast or prepare for important life transitions, there may bes a class for you in the Oregon Coast Community College’s Community Education lineup. Here are five standout courses that could change your season —

Newport Paper & Book Festival has grown to become a major art event attracting people to ever-evolving classes

April 2, 2025

By LORI TOBIAS/Oregon ArtsWatch NEWPORT — In the 31 years since its start, the Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival has gone from a weekend of paper making and rubber stamping to one where students emerge from two- and three-day classes with books that open like accordions, boxes with drawers within drawers, and art involving paper, leaves, and … turkey roasters.

Lincoln County unemployment rate rises 11 percent over last year

April 1, 2025

The unemployment rate in Lincoln County reached 5 percent in February, an 11 percent increase over the 4.5 percent jobless rate a year ago. February’s local unemployment rate increased from 4.9 percent in January, according to an Oregon Employment Department news release Tuesday. The statewide unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in February, and the national rate was 4.1 percent. Regional