Covid pandemic gave Newport-based NOAA scientists rare chance to study effects of quieter ocean

August 28, 2025

The dramatic disruption of commerce and trade caused by the Covid-19 pandemic presented scientists based at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport with an unanticipated opportunity to study the decrease of human-generated noise and its impact on ocean soundscapes.

“Dirty Cello” concert Sunday at Pacific Heritage Center is a fundraiser for nonprofit KYAQ radio

August 27, 2025

Get down and dirty and support community, nonprofit KYAQ radio when San Francisco-based Dirty Cello rocks Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center on Sunday, Aug. 31

Long awaited completion of sidewalk along Crestline Drive in Waldport comes just in time for school

August 27, 2025

The long-awaited swath of asphalt path along Crestline Drive stretching from Range Drive to Crestview Heights School will make students' return to class by hoof or Huffy that much safer next week.

Yachats rolls out eight (and Waldport one) events to fill your Labor Day weekend with fun, music and food

August 26, 2025

Looking for something to do this Labor Day weekend? Yachats organizations have eight events planned Saturday through Monday and there's the second vendor fair and street dance Saturday in front of the Waldport Moose Lodge.

Vacation home rental company testing the market with boutique motel in Newport’s Nye Beach neighborhood

August 26, 2025

The owners of a large Yachats-based vacation home rental business have taken a cluster of tiny, run-down cottages in the Nye Beach area of Newport and two years and $2 million later have opened their first boutique motel -- The Louie.

Bandon-area roadside zoo owner faces racketeering, animal neglect charges in 371 count indictment

August 26, 2025

Southern Oregon prosecutors have unsealed a walloping 371-count indictment against Brian Tenney, the owner of the West Coast Game Park Safari roadside zoo that has been dogged by animal maltreatment complaints for years.

New study says PGE’s efforts to improve salmon and steelhead in iconic Deschutes River aren’t working

August 25, 2025

A new scientific review says the $108 million strategy that Portland General Electric and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs developed to return salmon and steelhead to the upper Deschutes River isn’t working.

Debate over road funding reignites Monday ahead of Oregon special legislative session beginning Friday

August 25, 2025

By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Two months of summer relaxation have done little to cool the debate over how the state should pay for road maintenance. Oregon lawmakers on Monday picked up exactly where they left off in late June, meeting in Salem to take up a high-profile bill that would hike taxes to pay for its transportation system. The

5 Questions and a Secret: Retiring Waldport librarian leaves behind a program bursting at the seams

August 25, 2025

An everyday trip to town in Waldport will often include a stop at the public library -- the bright blue building on Hemlock Street, practically in the middle of town. Most regular visitors know the library director, Sue Bennett -- but they might not know she is retiring this week after serving Waldport for nine years.

‘He was gone’: Nestucca players save life of new coach from Lincoln City during first summer practice

August 25, 2025

The Nestucca High School football players had just started their first practice of the summer on June 17 when new offensive coordinator Frank Elsasser of Lincoln City collapsed with a heart issue. Members of the team saved his life through CPR and using an automatic defibrillator. It's changed everyone.

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Covid pandemic gave Newport-based NOAA scientists rare chance to study effects of quieter ocean

“Dirty Cello” concert Sunday at Pacific Heritage Center is a fundraiser for nonprofit KYAQ radio

Long awaited completion of sidewalk along Crestline Drive in Waldport comes just in time for school

Yachats rolls out eight (and Waldport one) events to fill your Labor Day weekend with fun, music and food

Vacation home rental company testing the market with boutique motel in Newport’s Nye Beach neighborhood

Bandon-area roadside zoo owner faces racketeering, animal neglect charges in 371 count indictment

New study says PGE’s efforts to improve salmon and steelhead in iconic Deschutes River aren’t working

Debate over road funding reignites Monday ahead of Oregon special legislative session beginning Friday

5 Questions and a Secret: Retiring Waldport librarian leaves behind a program bursting at the seams

‘He was gone’: Nestucca players save life of new coach from Lincoln City during first summer practice

Letters from readers

Lincoln County ballot measure is a commitment to our veterans

$25,000 grant will help View the Future’s community conversations

Look at Medicare Advantage plans carefully before making a decision

Obituaries

Ruth R. Mock of Yachats — “Fiddlin Ruth”

Marie Jones of Newport

Rebecca L. Bloch of Yachats

Civic Calendar

Newport Planning Commission work session and regular meeting

Lincoln County School District board special meeting

Port of Newport Commission monthly meeting

Port of Alsea commission special meeting

City of Yachats Parks & Commons Commission

Yachats Big Band monthly concert

Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board

Yachats Planning Commission monthly workshop meeting

Yachats Public Works & Streets Commission

Lincoln County School District board of directors

Public & Legal Notices

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD

Otter Rock Water District NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET HEARING