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ODOT begins $4.6 million guardrail project on Highway 34 east of Waldport
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and one-lane traffic beginning in early June as the Oregon Department of Transportation works to remove and replace outdated guardrails.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
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
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
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
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
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
Conference on Alzheimer’s, brain health offered Thursday in Newport
NEWPORT – A variety of health care organizations are teaming up to offer a four-hour brain health and Alzheimer’s disease seminar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, June 5. The conference will cover several topics including the latest in Alzheimer’s and dementia research, 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s, practices for maintaining brain health at all ages, and learning about
Oregon lawmakers admit they have little control over state’s major tourism agency’s $95 million budget
By JAMES NEFF/Oregon Journalism Project SALEM — The exercise can be frustrating. Every two years, Oregon’s semi-independent state agencies — Travel Oregon and more than a dozen others — undergo financial review by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Office, which then shares a report with lawmakers. But among those agencies, Travel Oregon, with a $95 million biennial budget, as well as
30-foot recreational boat catches fire and burns Friday afternoon in Yaquina Bay
By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT — A 30-foot recreational boat caught fire along the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration dock Friday afternoon, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky and drawing onlookers throughout Yaquina Bay and Newport. No one was injured in the fire and it was extinguished in about 20 minutes. The large plume of black smoke
