By DICK HUGHES/Oregon Capitol Insider Rep. Caddy McKeown, D-Coos Bay, minced no words. “My communities have been in a recession for about 40 years now,” she told participants at the […]
Lincoln County Sheriff’s tip of the week: travel planning
Holiday Travel Tips Wherever you’re heading, if you’re traveling during the holiday season, remember that everyone else in the world is also. Don’t let terrible drivers, security scanners and long […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log: Dec. 11-15
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP19432137 12/11/2019 09:52 Officer #53141 SEVERSON, SCOTT Crash – Injury Location 101 and NW CURTIS ST, SEAL ROCK OR USA 97376 Narrative Summary ecrash- On 12/11/19 @ approximately […]
City of Yachats pulls in $170,000 in street and water grants for 2020 projects
Rick McClung is on a roll. In the past few months, the city of Yachats’ water plant supervisor has written and received grants totaling $170,000 to help reconstruct streets […]
Waldport debates what to do next after Umpqua Bank gives away its $600,000 bank building
By KATHERINE LJUNGQVIST and QUINTON SMITH WALDPORT – What happens when a regional bank walks away from property valued at more than $600,000 and gives it away for free? […]
Lincoln County schedules workshop Dec. 19 to hear ideas on vacation rental rules
Lincoln County has scheduled a workshop for 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19 to update people and hear more ideas about regulating vacation rentals in unincorporated areas of the county. […]
Police on the lookout for suspect after attempted robbery in Lincoln City Safeway parking lot
On Wednesday, 12-11-2019, at about 5:15 PM, Lincoln City Police were dispatched to the Safeway store parking lot on a report of an attempted robbery that had just occurred. The […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Dec. 9-10
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP19430877 12/09/2019 19:19 Officer #55167 WERTZ, DAVID Impound Vehicle Location 101, Mile post 139 139, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary (Log Only) On 12/9/19 at approximately 7:19 pm […]
After resignation, Yachats Fire seeks applicants for open board position
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Rural Fire Protection District needs to replace one of its five board members and this week gave people until the end of January to […]
Lincoln County alerts public to forest slash burns on Wednesday
Oregon Department of Forestry – West Oregon District (Toledo), requested our assistance in letting the public know that on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 there will be several slash burning operations […]