Oregon Black Pioneer leader will discuss exclusion laws Sunday in Yachats

May 27, 2025

YACHATS – The executive director of Oregon Black Pioneers will discuss the history of Oregon’s Black exclusion laws and the stories of the men and women who defied them during a presentation at the Yachats’ Commons on Sunday, June 1. Zachary Stocks’ speech was originally scheduled April 13 but was postponed because of illness. Stocks will explore some of the

Rite Aid sets closure dates for stores in Newport and Lincoln City

May 26, 2025

Closure dates for the Rite Aid stores and pharmacies in Newport and Lincoln City are now set. The Rite Aid store and pharmacy in Lincoln City is closing Thursday, May 29 and sending its prescriptions to Safeway unless customers tell them otherwise. The Rite Aid pharmacy in Newport is closing June 9 and sending its prescriptions to Fred Meyer. The

Lincoln City man to be sentenced June 1 for rape, sex abuse convictions

May 26, 2025

Sentencing is scheduled for June 3 for a Lincoln City man found guilty this month for raping and sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl working as a volunteer at two of his businesses. The Lincoln County jury convicted Daniel Stuebgen, 54, of three counts of second-degree rape, two counts of second-degree sodomy, four counts of first-degree sexual abuse and four counts

Jury awards $50 million to 2020 wildfire survivors, including elderly Otis couple

May 25, 2025

A Multnomah County jury has awarded about $50 million to 10 survivors of Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day wildfires, the latest in a growing series of verdicts against electric company PacifiCorp. The Portland-based utility has now been ordered to pay more than $385 million to individual plaintiffs following a 2023 class-action ruling that found it liable for negligently causing four major wildfires by

Yachats council OKs spending $13,000 for portable speed trailer

May 22, 2025

YACHATS – In its continued effort to slow traffic on U.S. Highway 101 through town, the Yachats city council on Wednesday approved pursuing the purchase of a portable speed monitoring trailer with rotating radar capability. Ongoing requests by community members to lower highway speed in the current 40 mph speed zones on the north and south ends of town resulted

USGS reports small earthquake Wednesday west of Newport

May 22, 2025

A small earthquake measuring 4.2 magnitude was recorded at 5:11 a.m. Wednesday about 260 miles west of Newport, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was at a depth of 6.2 miles on a fault line much farther west than the more feared Cascade Subduction Zone fault line that is 70-100 miles off the Oregon coast, according to USGS

Police arrest Newport man on 20 counts of encouraging child sex abuse

May 22, 2025

NEWPORT – A 36-year-old Newport man has been arrested on 20 charges of encouraging child sex abuse after a 10-month investigation into the downloading of child pornography from the internet. Kurtis Fegulia is being held in the Lincoln County jail on bail of $500,000 and scheduled for a probable cause hearing Thursday, May 29 in Lincoln County circuit court. In

Toledo man killed Thursday in Highway 20 head-on crash

May 19, 2025

A 37-year-old Toledo man was killed Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 20 three miles east of Eddyville when his car crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a pickup truck, Oregon State Police said Monday. Anthony J. Estrada died at the scene, police said. Police said their preliminary investigation indicated that Estrada’s westbound Toyota Camry crossed the centerline and struck

Oregon Coast CC nursing graduates have 96 percent exam pass rate

May 18, 2025

Oregon Coast Community College is touting the growth and success of its nursing program as it prepares to graduate 28 students who completed the program this spring and had the college’s highest-yet percentage of students passing the national license test. In a news release, the college said 96.4 percent of OCCC nursing graduates passed the national license examination this spring,

Waldport council schedules special meeting Thursday

May 16, 2025

WALDPORT – The Waldport City Council has scheduled a special meeting for Thursday, May 22 at the community center. The 4 p.m. meeting will begin with the council’s regular monthly meeting which had been postponed May 8 because of concerns about clashes between groups who had planned to attend. One group has formed to support mayor Heide Lambert, who was