Parker resigns from Newport city council after six years

June 5, 2025

NEWPORT — A Newport city councilor has resigned his post, leaving a vacancy on the seven-member council. The council received Ryan Parker’s resignation May 20 and discussed his departure at its Monday meeting. Parker was elected to his position in 2019 and began his second term in 2023. He is an Oregon State Parks beach ranger and ran unsuccessfully for

Striking workers in Oregon are a step closer to receiving unemployment checks after House vote Wednesday

June 4, 2025

By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Oregon is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to grant weekly unemployment checks to public employees who go on strike. In a 33-23 vote Wednesday largely along party lines, the Oregon House passed Senate Bill 916. The bill now heads back to the Senate, which passed a previous version

Medicaid cuts could impact Oregon more than most states, analysts say, as legislators hear warnings Tuesday

June 4, 2025

By AMELIA TEMPLETON/Oregon Public Broadcasting If Republicans in the U.S. Senate pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Oregonians enrolled in Medicaid are more likely than people in nearly any other state to lose coverage and end up uninsured, according to analyses from several national think tanks. The budget reconciliation bill reduces federal spending using a number of policies that

It’s free fishing in Oregon this weekend; no fees in state parks Saturday

June 4, 2025

It’s going to be free to fish, crab or clam anywhere in Oregon this weekend and free to camp in state parks on Saturday. The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife’s “free fishing weekend” is Saturday and Sunday meaning you don’t need a license to fish, crab or clam anywhere in the state. However, the agency said all other fishing

Lincoln Pops Big Band will perform show and jazz tunes Sunday in Newport

June 4, 2025

By Oregon Coast TODAY The well-named Lincoln Pops Big Band will bring its impressive number of musicians and instruments to the Newport Performing Arts Center for two sets of big band and jazz tunes on Sunday, June 8. For more than 30 years, Lincoln Pops Big Band, also known as the Lincoln Pops Orchestra, has long been a cornerstone

Oregon got a massive $422 million federal grant after 2020 wildfires. Most of the money remains unspent

June 3, 2025

By NIGEL JAQUISS/Oregon Journalism Project Nearly four years after Congress approved a mammoth disaster relief grant to help Oregonians recover from the destructive 2020 wildfires, records show that more than 90 percent of the money remains unspent, even as hundreds of families await relief. “It has been incredibly frustrating for the communities that were affected,” says Rep. Pam Marsh,

Sudden closure of 99 Job Corps centers across the U.S. could threaten the operation of Angell center near Yachats

June 3, 2025

Thursday, June 5, 2025 update: By Reuters News Service NEW YORK — A U.S. judge on Wednesday temporarily stopped the Trump administration from moving ahead with an effort to eliminate the Job Corps, the largest U.S. job training program for low-income youth. U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan issued a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit filed by a trade

Greater Toledo Pool Recreation District NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

June 3, 2025

New superintendent of Oregon’s only national park resigns in frustration with Trump administration cuts

June 3, 2025

By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s iconic Crater Lake National Park has lost its top leader. The park’s superintendent, Kevin Heatley, resigned from overseeing Oregon’s only national park on Friday, citing cuts to parks’ staff. Since January, Heatley has seen Crater Lake’s permanent workforce cut in half, and onboarding seasonal staff was delayed by a month. “Things are not OK,”

Feds award Oregon $83 million for highway repairs dating back to 2020

June 3, 2025

Oregon will soon receive $83 million in federal reimbursements for repairs to roadways that were damaged by massive wildfires, floods, ice storms and other weather-related emergencies. All seven of Oregon’s Democratic members of Congress announced Monday they have secured eight grants from the Federal Highway Administration’s emergency relief program, which funds repairs of major roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters.