How is the fishing? 10 volunteers help ODFW study impact of Oregon’s marine reserves

June 12, 2026

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife took anglers out Wednesday and Thursday to catch rockfish inside and outside the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve as part of a decades-long study of the impact of prohibiting recreational and commercial fishing in the reserve. ODFW is also fish-testing waters this year in the Cascade Head reserve, one of five off the Oregon

Siletz tribal members tell community what November’s whale harvest meant to them

June 7, 2026

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians hosted a community gathering Saturday in Yachats to speak about the harvesting of the humpback whale that beached itself last November north of Yachats. The event at the Amanda Gathering Area and was intended as a way to share the significance of the whale harvesting with non-natives. Click on the photo or headline for more information.

Thompson Sanitary officially opens its staffed, indoor recycling center in Newport

June 1, 2026

Thompson’s Sanitary Service has officially opened its new, improved and indoor recycling center in Newport after a short dedication event Friday. The new depot is staffed by an attendant and is next to the Thompson office at 7450 N.E. Avery St. It started operating in January when it replaced the old, mostly unsheltered, unattended recycling drop off. Click on the

The daily sound of “Colors” at U.S. Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay

May 27, 2026

If you were asked to describe the soundtrack of Newport’s Bayfront, you might say barking sea lions or busy forklifts. But every day at 8 a.m. and again at sunset, a much more notable sound makes it way around the waterfront. U.S. Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay raises and lowers the American flag, the U.S. Coast Guard flag, and the

Skeleton of blue whale is finished and on public display at Hatfield Marine Science Center

May 19, 2026

A blue whale that washed ashore 11 years ago on the southern Oregon coast is now swimming again in the east courtyard of the Hatfield Marine Science Center -- this time for anyone to see the 180 bones that make up its 70-foot-long skeleton. Click on the photo or headline for more information.

Free family fishing event draws more than 200 Saturday to Eckman Lake

May 16, 2026

The 27th annual family fishing event sponsored by the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife and First Baptist Church of Waldport drew more than 200 children and their parents Saturday to Eckman Lake east of Waldport. “It’s my first fish ever,” Jase Connolly, 10, of Lincoln City said as he proudly showed off one of two rainbow trout he caught.

Newport’s ladder truck and technical rescue team pluck woman from below Yachats cliff

May 12, 2026

Crews manning the Newport Fire Department’s ladder truck and the Lincoln County technical rescue team plucked a woman from the sand at the bottom of a basalt cliff below Ocean View Drive in Yachats Monday afternoon when Yachats firefighter/paramedics determined they could not safely haul her up a narrow uneven path 100 yards away. Click on the photo or headline

Students from Oregon and Washington guide their underwater robots Saturday in Newport competition

May 10, 2026

Every spring, teams from across Oregon and Washington compete in an underwater robotics competition inside the Newport Recreation Center pool. Thirteen middle school and highs school teams competed Saturday -- five from Warrenton, five from White Salmon, Wash and one each from Coquille, Newport and Waldport. Click on the photo or headline for more information.

Thousands of shorebirds flying north along central coast to Arctic breeding grounds

May 7, 2026

Shorebirds migrate long distances and have been streaming north along the Lincoln County coastline since early April. With their northbound migration the birds are in their colorful breeding plumage and during peak movement in late April and early May tens of thousands of birds may pass in a single day. Click on the photo or headline for more information.

Newport middle schoolers help spruce up the city with their trash can art

April 20, 2026

Seagulls, sunsets, orcas, lighthouses and wildlife decorate the sides of 14 trash cans that will soon to be placed all around Newport. Students from Newport Middle School gathered at Thompson's Sanitary Service on Monday to see their artwork displayed on the sides of the receptacles. Click on the photo or headline for more information.

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How is the fishing? 10 volunteers help ODFW study impact of Oregon’s marine reserves

Siletz tribal members tell community what November’s whale harvest meant to them

Thompson Sanitary officially opens its staffed, indoor recycling center in Newport

The daily sound of “Colors” at U.S. Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay

Skeleton of blue whale is finished and on public display at Hatfield Marine Science Center

Free family fishing event draws more than 200 Saturday to Eckman Lake

Newport’s ladder truck and technical rescue team pluck woman from below Yachats cliff

Students from Oregon and Washington guide their underwater robots Saturday in Newport competition

Thousands of shorebirds flying north along central coast to Arctic breeding grounds

Newport middle schoolers help spruce up the city with their trash can art

Police/fire news

Coast Guard news release on rescue of injured rafter from Rogue River near North Bend

Oregon State Police news release on triple fatal in Coos County

Lane County Sheriff’s Office news release on lost mushroom hunters south of Yachats

Lincoln City Police Department news release on helping sheriff’s deputies with theft, burglary arrest

Public & Legal Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE: A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD will be held on Wednesday October 21, 2026

NOTICE OF THE CITY OF WALDPORT’S PROPOSED PUBLIC LAND USE HEARINGS

PUBLIC NOTICE: ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS City Of Yachats, Lincoln County, OR

PUBLIC NOTICE: A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD will be held on Thursday, September 17

Obituaries

Keith A. Marquand of Waldport

Hugh McDonald “Don” Rackleff of Yachats

Alan D. Kay of Yachats

Upcoming Events

Central Oregon Coast Fire and Rescue monthly board meeting

Seal Rock Fire District monthly board meeting

Yachats “open mic” night

Newport City Council work session and regular meeting

Southwest Lincoln Water People’s Utility District board

Yachats Planning Commission regular monthly meeting

Yachats city council regular monthly meeting

Port of Alsea Commission regular monthly meeting

Port of Newport Commission monthly meeting

Lincoln County commission bi-monthly meeting