To the editor: This week’s weather served as a stark reminder of the imperative need for readiness in the face of unforeseen challenges along our coast. Prolonged power outages, impassable […]
Letters
Coastal residents must try to stop major logging, spraying of forests
To the editor: There are two serious issues that Oregon residents, especially those in Lincoln County, are being faced with – major destructive logging and aerial and ground spraying of […]
County commissioners must try to help protect local watersheds
To the editor: As a resident of South Beach for 25 years, I’ve observed that each summer becomes drier, earlier. I am extremely concerned about the future of water in […]
Donations to Oregon Cultural Trust can help Lincoln County organizations
To the editor For more than two decades, the Oregon Cultural Trust has played an essential role in enriching cultural resources across our state by supporting more than 1,600 nonprofits. […]
Lincoln County residents, commissioners should oppose timber spraying
To the editor: Judging by the positive response from motorists to our protests along U.S. Highway 101 in Seal Rock in opposition to the spraying of Beaver Creek watershed, I […]
New Oregon legislation will help restore more critical coastal estuaries
To the editor: A juvenile coho salmon leapt out of the water in front of us just minutes after we finished removing a dike upstream from Toledo – the first […]
Beaver Creek resident urges opposition to proposed aerial spraying
To the editor: My husband and I live between Waldport and Newport in the woods behind the gorgeous vacation community of Seal Rock. South Beaver Creek Road is a well-kept […]
County planners wrong to deny Hetzler workforce housing idea
To the editor: What is wrong with the Lincoln County planners who oppose the concept of providing safe and inexpensive housing options in a remote location for people who are trying […]
Timberland spraying may be legal but it’s not safe for the public
To the editor: More than 1,700 people have signed a petition opposing Oregon Department of Forestry approval of aerial application of herbicides on private forest lands adjacent to South Beaver […]
Citizens must try to stop Beaver Creek herbicide spraying
To the editor: In 2017 the citizens of Lincoln County voted to support Measure 21-177 to ban aerial spraying of pesticides. However, after a 29-month ban, the measure was pre-empted […]