Newport council poised to OK city center couplet project on Sept. 2

August 19, 2025

The Newport City Council is poised to adopt a major project intended to revitalize its city center and overhaul U.S. Highway 101 through the center of downtown.

With federal funds restored, Oregon reboots electric vehicle fast-charging program on major highways

August 19, 2025

Oregon is one of a few states set to receive its full allocation of promised federal funding to add dozens of public electric vehicle fast charging stations along major highways.

One of the tallest trees in the world is burning near Coquille on the southern Oregon coast

August 19, 2025

Firefighters from the Coos Forest Protective Association are trying to save one of the world’s tallest Douglas fir trees, a 325-foot behemoth on the Oregon coast known as the Doerner Fir.

Marion County goes to federal court to seek opinion over validity of Oregon’s sanctuary law

August 18, 2025

Marion County is asking a federal court to determine whether it should follow state or federal law when it comes to immigration enforcement.

ODFW issues warning about clam harvesting in Alsea Bay

August 18, 2025

WALDPORT — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is recommending that people avoid harvesting and consuming softshell and bay clams from Alsea Bay estuary after the Oregon Health Authority issued a recreational use advisory for Eckman Lake, east of Waldport. The OHA issued a July 31 advisory due to the presence of cyanobacteria and then an update Friday due

Waldport church offering 13-week grief support meetings

August 17, 2025

WALDPORT — People grieving the death of a loved one are invited to join a 13-week series of support meetings in Waldport beginning Aug. 28. From 10-11:30 a.m. Thursdays at First Baptist Church, 2620 East Alsea Hwy., members of the church will lead sessions providing encouragement and tools from GriefShare, a national grief recovery support program. During the weekly meetings,

Four Lincoln County projects worth $5 million on Rep. Hoyle’s congressional appropriations list this fall

August 17, 2025

Four Lincoln County projects totaling more than $5 million are once again on Rep. Val Hoyle’s wish list to be funded – if Congress passes a full appropriations bill in the fall.

U.S. Attorney General tells Oregon and dozens of other states to abandon sanctuary law or face consequences

August 15, 2025

By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek was among dozens of elected officials throughout the country who received a warning from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi this week, as the governor continues to proclaim support for sanctuary laws that have rankled the Trump administration. In letters that went out Thursday, Bondi said sanctuary jurisdictions could lose federal funding,

The Trump administration is seeking sensitive Oregon elections data — state not inclined to agree

August 15, 2025

Oregon's secretary of state says he is not inclined to go along with a Trump administration request to turn over elections data — some of it sensitive — and to prove the state is doing enough to ensure ineligible people don’t vote.

Owner of Coffin Butte landfill near Corvallis appeals Benton Count’s expansion denial

August 15, 2025

By NATHAN WILK/KLCC News The owner of the Coffin Butte landfill in Benton County has filed an appeal as part of its ongoing effort to expand the site. Benton County’s Planning Commission unanimously denied the request to expand last month, saying it would interfere with nearby land uses and county services. But the company behind the project, Republic Services, is now