ODFW issues advice for would-be wildlife helpers this spring — “Let wild animals stay wild”

May 18, 2025

By Lincoln Chronicle The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has embarked on a campaign this spring to encourage people to leave young wild animals alone and to remind people that most of the time they do not need your help. The advice you are likely to hear from ODFW if you pick up or encounter wildlife is “put

Aging tide gates threaten Oregon’s coastal waters, but replacing them isn’t cheap and takes years

May 18, 2025

By JUSTIN HIGGINBOTTOM/Jefferson Public Radio On an early spring day outside of North Bend in Coos County, Fred Messerle admires a newly built tide gate spanning Palouse Creek. The structure protects hundreds of acres split up between dozens of landowners from tidal flooding. On one side of the county road, where Messerle is standing, is an inlet of Coos

Patient chides Samaritan Health executives for staff exodus

May 16, 2025

To the editor: This is a letter directed to Samaritan Health Services executive management. I have been a dual Medicaid/Medicare member of Samaritan Health for five years. During that time, I felt I was getting the best care, both from a management and a healthcare provider perspective. Now, not so much. I am also a member of the InterCommunity Health

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING Waldport Road District

May 16, 2025

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING Waldport Urban Renewal Agency

May 16, 2025

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING City of Waldport

May 16, 2025

Waldport council schedules special meeting Thursday

May 16, 2025

WALDPORT – The Waldport City Council has scheduled a special meeting for Thursday, May 22 at the community center. The 4 p.m. meeting will begin with the council’s regular monthly meeting which had been postponed May 8 because of concerns about clashes between groups who had planned to attend. One group has formed to support mayor Heide Lambert, who was

Oregon legislation would speed up process to rename locations with offensive titles

May 16, 2025

By MIA MALDONADO/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon lawmakers aim to speed up the process for renaming dozens of creeks, lakes, mountains and other sites that still hold offensive names. The Oregon Senate will soon take up House Bill 3532, which would have the Oregon Geographic Names Board — a group advised by the Oregon Historical Society — make a list of places with offensive

Samaritan considers closing birthing center at its Lincoln City hospital as cost-cutting move

May 16, 2025

By KRISTINE deLEON/The Oregonian/OregonLive Samaritan Health Services’ maternity care services at its Lincoln City and Lebanon hospitals are on the chopping block. The Corvallis-based nonprofit health network is evaluating whether to close the maternity ward at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital and the Girod Birth Center at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital. In addition to Lincoln City and Lebanon, Samaritan has

JoAnn and Bill Barton’s Yakona Nature Preserve creates a “living laboratory” and legacy in Yaquina estuary

May 15, 2025

By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – JoAnn Barton is careful not to step on the small orange bodies of rough-skinned newts as she hikes through Yakona Nature Preserve. She looks down as her boots tread the forest floor, a mixture of pine cones, pine needles and grass. Although she knows where she is going – one of her favorite