Lincoln City man gets 24 years in prison for years of domestic assault

October 5, 2025

Marcus Penza, 32, of Lincoln City was sentenced Friday to more than 25 years in prison after a jury in August found him guilty of repeated domestic assault of his wife over two years.

Samaritan offering no-appointment or drive through flu shot clinics

October 5, 2025

Samaritan Health Services is offering a variety of vaccination opportunities in Newport and Lincoln City this week.

Siletz tribe celebrates completion and opening of 40-unit affordable housing project in Salem

October 5, 2025

Members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the city of Salem and Oregon housing advocates last week celebrated the opening of Kloshe Illahee Haws, a 40-unit affordable housing project spanning nearly nine acres in northeast Salem.

Oregon begins rolling out big changes in federal SNAP work requirements in six counties

October 5, 2025

The state of Oregon is starting to roll out changes -- starting with six counties -- to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as required under a massive Republican-led budget law President Donald Trump signed in July.

Rebecca L. Bloch of Yachats

October 4, 2025

Rebecca L. Bloch of Yachats May 1, 1958 – Sept. 15, 2025 Rebecca Lynn Bloch was born in Los Angeles, Calif. on May 1, 1958, to Joe and Janis Thompson and passed away Sept. 15, 2025. She was 67. She had two brothers and two sisters. Rebecca was the last surviving member of that family. Rebecca moved to Kansas

County making emergency repairs to bridge on North Beaver Creek Road

October 3, 2025

A small Lincoln County-owned bridge on North Beaver Creek Road at milepost 5.6 just east of Wolkau Road has been restricted to one-lane, passenger cars only until emergency repairs can be made.

Annual homeless count in Lincoln County found nearly 500 without housing — one third were children

October 2, 2025

Every year, groups of volunteers and social service organizations attempt to count everyone in a community without housing. For one cold night this January, at least 498 people were without housing in Lincoln County. One third were children.

Sheriff’s detective and FBI arrest courier in gold coin scam after elderly victim first loses $285,000

October 2, 2025

A California man believed to be the courier in a complicated gold coin scam that had already fleeced an elderly Lincoln County woman of $285,000 is in jail on $500,000 bond after his arrest late last month in a sting by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and FBI.

College students begin move into Hatfield center’s new $16.5 million apartment complex in South Beach

October 2, 2025

Students from Oregon State University and Oregon Coast Community College are beginning to move into the three-story, 77-unit, $16.5 million apartment complex built by Hatfield Marine Science Center near the Wilder neighborhood of South Beach.

Yachats’ staff may have found good location for proposed water reservoir on 28-acre treatment plant property

October 2, 2025

The search to find a stable site for a new 1.5 million gallon water reservoir in Yachats took a surprising and rabbit-from-the-hat turn during a city council work session this week.