UPDATE: Organizers announced Thursday that Zachary Stocks, executive director of Oregon Black Pioneers, has Covid and they they have had to cancel Sunday’s presentation. View the Future executive director Gretchen […]
Archives for April 2025
Lincoln City police news release on April 9 burglary arrest
On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 Officers were dispatched to a burglary at the Lincoln City Dutch Bros location after a subject shattered a window and entered the store. The subject […]
Long on potential but still assembling its staff, online news outlet launches Thursday in Eugene
By MIKE ROGOWAY/The Oregonian/OregonLive Eugene lost dozens of local journalists after The Register-Guard newspaper sold to corporate, out-of-state owners in 2018. Longtime Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch said the community also lost […]
From Kernville to Rose Lodge to Taft, new museum exhibit tells stories of Lincoln City area’s first post offices
By LORI TOBIAS/Oregon ArtsWatch LINCOLN CITY — The letters came from as far as China and as near as a five-minute-drive away, arriving at post offices often established before […]
The completed 60-mile Corvallis to the Sea Trail is inspiration for new “Life & Times” hiking book
By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY A few years ago, a friend and I “fast packed” a section of the 60-mile C2C Trail, which begins in Corvallis and ends at […]
Surfrider, SOLVE schedule Newport-area cleanups for Earth Day
Five beach cleanup efforts will take place Saturday, April 19 across five sites around the Newport area in honor of Earth Day. Registration is open for the annual event, hosted […]
Symphony orchestra concludes its season with Bayfront performance Saturday night
By Oregon Coast TODAY The Newport Symphony Orchestra concludes its 2024-25 season with the final Chamber Music on the Bayfront concert Saturday, April 12. The program will feature hornist […]
As legislators try to find money to repair roads, ODOT report shows gas tax falls more heavily on rural drivers
By NIGEL JAQUISS/Oregon Journalism Project Last week, the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation released its long-awaited funding proposal for the Oregon Department of Transportation. The proposal, which would raise […]
Newport’s Nye Beach paid parking plan not ready for prime time, so city council delays a year
The expansion of Newport’s paid parking program to the Nye Beach district will come later than expected after the city council agreed Monday to delay the rollout a year.
Bill that would require Oregon county election clerks to livestream voting processes sparks concerns
By CARLOS FUENTES/The Oregonian/OregonLive SALEM — A proposed bill that would require every Oregon county election office to livestream its vote tabulation processes could improve trust in the state’s elections, […]