An elephant seal pup is doing well after being stabbed multiple times on a beach in Neskowin on March 16. NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is investigating the stabbing. By […]
Despite GOP and big tech opposition, bill to have Google and Facebook help pay for local news moves to Senate floor in Oregon Legislature
By BRYCE DOLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — A bill that would require large tech companies to compensate newsrooms for the local journalism on platforms like Google and Facebook is advancing […]
Oregon DEQ prepares to reopen popular electric vehicle rebate program May 22
By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s popular electric vehicle rebate program is back. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate program is set to reopen May 22, […]
Got your running shoes? Registration is open for Newport Marathon June 1
Registration has opened for the 26th annual Newport Marathon and Half Marathon on June 1. The course is certified by USA Track & Field, making it an official qualifier […]
Newest study predicts “The Big One” tsunami will do even greater damage to coast than previously thought
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising […]
Young, blind harbor seal from Canada has found a new home at Oregon Coast Aquarium
NEWPORT – A harbor seal pup rescued in British Columbia two years ago and is now blind because it had its eyes removed due to infection has joined the […]
Construction, foundation work on Yachats’ library, Little Log Church Museum moving briskly with good weather
By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — Work on two of the city’s most-watched building projects is proceeding steadily as workers take advantage of mostly fair spring weather. Foundation work […]
Samaritan adds three doctors at its clinics in Newport, Lincoln City
Samaritan Health Services has added three doctors to its clinics in Newport and Lincoln City, but is losing a physician’s assistant in Newport. Drs. Colette Whitney and Cassie Whittier have […]
Tidewater resident urges community to support COCF&R levy with their vote
To the editor: I’m voting yes on Measure 21-233, the operating levy for the Central Coast Fire & Rescue district. Fellow Waldport and Tidewater residents, I’ve heard the opposition. I’ve […]
Central coast’s weather in April was quite average — and sometimes that’s nice
April weather on the central Oregon coast was dry. Maybe even very dry. But nice. Some longtime Yachats-area weather watchers for Lincoln Chronicle say it’s one of the driest they’ve […]