A 16-year-old artist from Florence has been selected by Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Ore. as the 4th Congressional District’s 2025 Congressional Art Competition. Teakki Legg is a student at Siuslaw […]
ODFW budget proposal closes Otis hatchery, raises fishing and hunting fees, adds $9 ocean endorsement
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The price of fishing and hunting licenses would increase 26 percent to 28 percent over the next five years, two hatcheries closed and some […]
Port of Newport OKs $28.7 million budget but says grants uncertain
NEWPORT — The Port of Newport commission approved a $28.7 million budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year at its meeting last week, which included a review of capital improvement needs, […]
State will monitor 7 ocean beaches in Lincoln County this summer
Seven ocean beaches in Lincoln County are among the two dozen that will be monitored for fecal bacteria this summer by the Oregon Health Authority. The beaches will be monitored […]
Lincoln County judge sentences man to 12 years in prison for sex crimes
NEWPORT – Danny Hicks, 59, of Dallas, Ore. was sentenced to 12½ years in prison by Lincoln County Circuit senior judge Thomas Branford last week after a jury found him […]
Conference on Alzheimer’s, brain health offered Thursday in Newport
NEWPORT – A variety of health care organizations are teaming up to offer a four-hour brain health and Alzheimer’s disease seminar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, June 5. […]
Oregon lawmakers admit they have little control over state’s major tourism agency’s $95 million budget
By JAMES NEFF/Oregon Journalism Project SALEM — The exercise can be frustrating. Every two years, Oregon’s semi-independent state agencies — Travel Oregon and more than a dozen others — undergo […]
30-foot recreational boat catches fire and burns Friday afternoon in Yaquina Bay
By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT — A 30-foot recreational boat caught fire along the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration dock Friday afternoon, sending plumes of black smoke into the […]
Coast tourism officials say loss of Canadian visitors because of Trump’s rhetoric will hurt this summer
By DANA TIMS/Lincoln Chronicle Curtis Allen spent considerable time earlier this year planning what he expected would be his next “great trip” to the central Oregon coast. Allen, who […]
Will Yachats property owners accept a $10 monthly fee for streets? Council is about to find out
By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS – Will 950 property owners in Yachats go along with a proposal that they pay an extra $10 a month to the city in […]