WALDPORT – The Waldport Chamber of Commerce is using a three-year tourism grant from Lincoln County to hire a half-time executive director. The contract is being used to have Laura […]
News Briefs
Lincoln County begins offering free flu shot clinics
Lincoln Health and Human Services clinics has started offering flu shots and student vaccinations and its three clinics and health centers located at Waldport, Taft, Newport, and Toledo high schools. […]
Samaritan Pacific offering two free seminars in October
Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital is offering two free seminars in early October. Dr. Jessica Germino, director of breast and women’s imaging at Corvallis Radiology, will talk about mammography and its […]
Regional economist notes Lincoln County job gains in August
The Oregon Employment Department said this week that seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment in Lincoln County increased by 60 in August to 18,440 jobs. Seasonally adjusted figures compare expected changes […]
Police cite three people for illegally taking elk in Tami Wagner Wildlife Area
Oregon State Police cited three people Friday night for illegally taking a bull elk after shooting it in the Tami Wagner Wildlife Area in the Yachats River Valley. Game troopers […]
State police cite two Waldport men in bear-killing incident
Oregon State Police cited two Waldport men Friday, Sept. 20 for criminal trespass while in possession of a firearm for killing a bear last week on private property off Southwest […]
Waldport hosts “Hands Across the Bridge” events on Saturday
WALDPORT – Community members, prevention organizations and treatment professionals are organizing a “Hands Across the Bridge” event Saturday, Sept. 21 in Waldport. The event is part of a month-long awareness […]
Central Lincoln investigating cause of 3-hour outage Sunday
Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District is investigating the cause of a 3-hour power outage Sunday, Sept. 15 that affected more than 6,000 customers along a wide section of the coast. […]
Forest Service seeking applicants for 1,000 seasonal jobs in Northwest
WALDPORT — The U.S. Forest Service will be accepting applications for over 1,000 seasonal spring and summer 2020 jobs in Oregon and Washington from Monday, Sept. 16 through Sept. 30 […]
Yachats author of “Saving Big Creek” to speak Saturday, Sept. 14 in Newport
Yachats author Andrea Scharf and members of the Tenmile community will discuss how the community worked to save land around Big Creek from development during a presentation at 2 p.m. […]