Oregon doctors hesitate to prescribe latest COVID-19 vaccines in vacuum of state, federal guidance

September 11, 2025

The latest COVID-19 vaccines are only available to Oregonians with a prescription for the time being, but the state’s doctors are hesitant to order the inoculations.

Aiming to attract more young families, Lincoln City Cultural Center opens Brick Gallery full of building blocks

September 11, 2025

Box after box of Lego are the centerpiece of the Brick Gallery, a new interactive exhibition space opening this month at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

Three who attended “Heaven’s Gate” presentation in Waldport 50 years ago will talk Sunday

September 11, 2025

Three early followers and survivors of the Heaven's Gate cult will tell their stories at the Alsi Resort on Sunday, Sept. 14, exactly 50 years after the group’s first visit to Waldport.

Lincoln County School District’s longest serving board member resigns after 15 years

September 11, 2025

Lincoln County School District’s longest serving board member is resigning after 15 years. The five-member board will be looking to fill the seat of Liz Martin of Depoe Bay, who oversaw two successful school bonds measures and in 2023 was named Oregon’s school board member of the year.

Partnerships are key to protecting water supplies in central coast rivers

September 10, 2025

To the editor: At the end of June, I drove to the Siletz River Gorge hoping to catch one of the magnificent summer steelhead that return to the upper Siletz basin each year. But when I reached the bridge near the gate that enters Weyerhaeuser property, the river flows stopped me in my tracks. We are in decidedly new territory

Larger earthquake and 10 aftershocks registered off southern Oregon coast

September 9, 2025

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck more than 100 miles off the southern Oregon Coast on Monday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and as of Tuesday afternoon at least 10 aftershocks were reported with magnitudes between 2.7 and 5.1.

After move from spring, Waldport’s Beach, Bike & Blues festival hoping for sunny weather, big crowd Saturday

September 9, 2025

Live blues music, prime food and drink plus bike fun rolls into Waldport on Saturday when the fourth annual “Beach Bike & Blues” festival hits town, months later than the first three BBB events were originally held.

5 Questions and a Secret: Bob Jacobson’s big colorful life is filled with family, friends — and fish

September 9, 2025

Name any Pacific Northwest fish and Bob Jacobson has probably hooked one. Jacobson, 85, is a retired Oregon State University Marine Extension agent and has led a big life, filled with family, friends and fish.

On the road since the pandemic, world traveler now in Newport will share moments from her digital nomadic life

September 9, 2025

Nicole Elyse will share the tale of her digital nomadic life in a presentation “Why Getting Robbed at Gunpoint in Colombia Is the Best Thing That’s Ever Happened to Me … and Other Tales From Abroad” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Newport Public Library.

Yachats group plans second “Share Fair” for Monday, Sept. 15

September 9, 2025

Because Yachats’ first “Share Fair” in June was a hit, organizers are planning a sequel for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, where people are encouraged to sample an array of free goods and services in the parking lot of Yachats Community Presbyterian Church.