7th year of Yachats Pride celebration kicks off Friday with weekend full of events

June 3, 2025

By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — Three days of celebrating diversity begin Friday, when Yachats Pride offers live music, discussions, dinners, a dance and a puppy parade, all indoors at the Yachats Commons. For the seventh year, the local nonprofit group is staging a weekend of events to “give everyone a chance to connect with people who may be

PUBLIC NOTICE: Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD regular meeting

June 2, 2025

Following Board Candidate interviews, A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD will be held at 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday June 18, 2025 at 2129 N. Coast Hwy. Newport, Oregon. In addition to regular business, an Executive Session will be held in accordance with ORS 192.660(2)(f) and (h) to consider information or records that are exempt

Stabbings at Salem homeless shelter Sunday night injures 12 people; suspect quickly arrested

June 2, 2025

By Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — A series of stabbings Sunday night outside of a shelter in Salem injured 12 people, some severely, according to police. The suspect who is now in custody faces attempted murder and assault charges. The stabbings happened at about 7:15 p.m. at the Salem Union Gospel Mission, at 777 Commercial St. NE. The Marion County District

Lincoln County Library District NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

June 2, 2025

ODOT begins $4.6 million guardrail project on Highway 34 east of Waldport

June 2, 2025

WALDPORT – Drivers on Oregon Highway 34 should expect delays and one-lane traffic beginning in early June as the Oregon Department of Transportation works to remove and replace outdated guardrails. The $4.6 million project will span from milepost 2.3 just east of Waldport to milepost 54.5 northeast of Alsea. Crews will work 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through

Florence teenager wins 4th Congressional art competition with lighthouse painting

June 2, 2025

A 16-year-old artist from Florence has been selected by Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Ore. as the 4th Congressional District’s 2025 Congressional Art Competition. Teakki Legg is a student at Siuslaw High School. He credited his art teacher, Lauren Suveges, and John Leasure at the Florence Regional Arts Alliance for helping him and encouraging him to enter the competition. Teakki is

ODFW budget proposal closes Otis hatchery, raises fishing and hunting fees, adds $9 ocean endorsement

June 2, 2025

By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The price of fishing and hunting licenses would increase 26 percent to 28 percent over the next five years, two hatcheries closed and some wildlife programs cut under the proposed $607 million budget for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife that is working its way through the Oregon Legislature. A resident fishing license would

Port of Newport OKs $28.7 million budget but says grants uncertain

June 1, 2025

NEWPORT — The Port of Newport commission approved a $28.7 million budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year at its meeting last week, which included a review of capital improvement needs, project priorities, and discussing possible grants for major infrastructure projects. Most of the Port’s budget comes from user fees, leases and grants. It has a permanent tax rate of six

State will monitor 7 ocean beaches in Lincoln County this summer

June 1, 2025

Seven ocean beaches in Lincoln County are among the two dozen that will be monitored for fecal bacteria this summer by the Oregon Health Authority. The beaches will be monitored from June to September. The monitoring entails collecting water quality samples at the most frequently visited beaches on the coast as well as beaches where state regulators have found bacteria in the

Lincoln County judge sentences man to 12 years in prison for sex crimes

June 1, 2025

NEWPORT – Danny Hicks, 59, of Dallas, Ore. was sentenced to 12½ years in prison by Lincoln County Circuit senior judge Thomas Branford last week after a jury found him guilty of 11 counts of child-related felony sex crimes. Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies and Lincoln City police arrested Hicks last November after he five times responded to undercover officers using