Proposal to greatly tighten complaint procedures in Waldport gets quick revisions before council can discuss them

October 13, 2025

A proposal to revise how Waldport handles citizen complaints about staff or councilors didn't make it to the city council last week after it was met with heavy criticism and immediate revisions by the city manager to tone it down. But that didn't stop complaints or compliments. But language in the proposal that included potential perjury charges for making false

Oregon GOP’s annual Reagan dinner next month includes speakers who might be looking at governorship

October 13, 2025

The Republican Party of Oregon’s 11th annual Reagan dinner Nov 1 includes a big-name keynote speaker but the party faithful may have just as much or more interest in two other speakers -- former Portland Trail Blazer Chris Dudley and onetime University of Oregon wrestler and MMA fighter Chael Sonnen, a West Linn native.

26th Yachats Mushroom Festival is Friday through Sunday with dinner, displays, talks and walks

October 12, 2025

Don’t know a Bolete from Witches’ Butter, but would like to learn? You can expand your mushroom knowledge, feast on fungi-centered dishes and buy mushroom goods during the 2025 Yachats Mushroom Festival this weekend.

Recreational group holding “Crabbing Mania” Oct. 25 in Newport

October 12, 2025

A land-based recreational crabbing group founded by a Portland-area man is staging a "Crabbing Mania" Oct. 25 in Yaquina Bay for some of the 76,000 members of his Oregon Coastal Crabbing and Shellfish page on Facebook.

Oregon Coast Aquarium reaches 3,000 mark in license plate orders

October 12, 2025

A new Oregon license plate featuring a colorful tufted puffin is closer to being on cars around the state. The Oregon Coast Aquarium says the plates are now in production thanks to 3,000 Oregonians who purchased the $40 vouchers.

State looking for suggestions on which beaches to monitor for pollution

October 12, 2025

The Oregon Health Authority is seeking the public’s ideas about which beaches it should monitor the next two years. Already there are seven beaches it monitors in Lincoln County.

OSU marine geologist says the expected Cascadia subduction quake could also trigger San Andreas fault event

October 12, 2025

A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest, and when it hits scientists now believe it could cause the San Andreas fault in California to go off.

Waldport photographer sees a migrating friend again

October 12, 2025

Roy Lowe of Waldport was photographing migrating brown pelicans Thursday on Elephant Rock at Seal Rock and saw this group, including one bearing the band X92. It turned out to be the same rehabilitated pelican that Lowe had photographed almost exactly four years ago at Devils Punchbowl. Click on the photo or headline for more details.

Premiums for Oregonians who buy their own health insurance policies going up by 10 percent in 2026

October 12, 2025

The state’s final health insurance rates for thousands of Oregonians who buy their own coverage but are not on Medicare are going up next year by as much as nearly 13 percent.

Mannix gets ballot title for initiative to end Oregon’s estate tax just as big federal cuts loom

October 11, 2025

A ballot initiative to eliminate Oregon’s estate tax, Initiative Petition 51, is moving forward even as Gov. Tina Kotek and state lawmakers digest the coming budget hole created by President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act.