Waldport park project gone awry leaves council to sort out dispute between contractor and city manager

July 13, 2025

By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle WALDPORT – The biggest news out of the Waldport city council meeting Thursday might have been the offhand mention during the public comment period that a petition to recall five councilors had been submitted just hours before. But it was eclipsed by an allegation that city manager Dann Cutter suggested a contractor working at Louis

Aren’t there more important things we should be discussing?

July 12, 2025

To the editor: I’m writing in response to The Oregonian/OregonLive’s story the Lincoln Chronicle published about three high school girls suing to ban transgender athletes from girls high school sports. Competition in sports has been an important part of people’s lives for a very long time. The benefits around both individual and team sports is unarguable. Sportsmanship, equity, and respect

After months of little rain, Oregon governor officially declares Friday that Lincoln County is in a drought

July 12, 2025

By the Lincoln Chronicle Lincoln and Baker counties couldn’t be more different. Lincoln County is located on Oregon’s coast and Baker County is hundreds of miles away in the mountains of far northeast Oregon. But on Friday they shared the same distinction – the first two counties in Oregon this summer to officially be declared by Gov. Tina Kotek

Have a canning question? OSU Extension hotline is taking your calls

July 11, 2025

Canning season is underway which means the food safety and preservation helpline from Oregon State University Extension Service has started taking calls. The toll-free helpline, 800-354-7319, is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The helpline will be staffed by certified Master Food Preserver volunteers until Oct. 10. In 2024, the volunteers fielded 723 calls. “Preserving the

Man sentenced to 8 years in prison for 2024 rape in Newport park

July 11, 2025

NEWPORT – A homeless man from Corvallis was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison after being convicted last month of rape and sex abuse in the attack of a woman almost a year ago in Don Davis Park. Lincoln County Circuit Court presiding Judge Sheryl Bachart sentenced Tucker Todd, 47, after a jury found him guilty June

Florence museum director arrested on sex abuse charges

July 11, 2025

FLORENCE — The director of the Oregon Coast Military Museum in Florence was arrested Thursday, July 10 and later lodged at the Lane County Jail on accusations of sexual abuse of a minor. The Florence Police Department said officers received a report June 29 that Geoffrey Cannon, 27, was in an inappropriate relationship with the minor. Search warrants were executed at the

One man’s journey shines light on 100-year-old “Toledo Incident” that has similarities to what is happening today

July 10, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle Before a white mob dragged Ichiro Kawamoto out of his home in Toledo, a battering ram pounded the door and rocks hurled down like rain. Spectators clapped as Asian laborers and their families were forced into waiting trucks and driven to Corvallis where they were put on a train to Portland. A century has passed

Wave energy proponents at OSU waiting for word from federal government if money for testing is coming

July 10, 2025

By DANA TIMS/Lincoln Chronicle Dan Hellin is no stranger to delays when it comes to building the nation’s first wave-energy testing facility just off the central Oregon coast. Last summer, for instance, a major hurricane inflicted extensive damage and disruption to shipping traffic in parts of Mexico and the Caribbean, temporarily delaying the delivery of steel cables critical to the

Florence children’s theater group now thriving by involving the whole family and community

July 10, 2025

By LORI TOBIAS/Oregon ArtsWatch FLORENCE — Nothing turns a head like a bearded man in a pink tutu. Throw in a bushel of the sparkly stuff, and you’ve got the makings of celebrity. In this case, the would-be stars are The Tutu Dads, part of the Florence-based children’s theater group C.R.O.W. Until recently, there were no men in frilly pastels

Five Lincoln County fire districts send crews to southern Oregon blaze

July 10, 2025

The Lincoln County Fire Defense Board has mobilized a specialized wildfire task force to assist in battling the Elk Fire in Klamath County, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The deployment came at the request of the Oregon State Fire Marshal as part of the state’s coordinated wildfire response under the Emergency Conflagration Act. The task force left Lincoln