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The deadline for public comment concerning changes to the Northwest Forest Plan is Monday, March 17. The plan provides management guidelines and sets policy for 17 national forests in the Northwest including the 630,00-acre Siuslaw. The plan was adopted in 1994 to establish guidelines for managing forests in the range of the northern spotted owl in western Oregon and Washington

NEWPORT — Do you have the confidence, skills and knowledge to handle a medical emergency? Samaritan Health Services is offering the American Heart Association Heartsaver course from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at the Samaritan Center for Health Education. Participants will learn how to provide basic first aid, perform adult, child and infant CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator.

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is looking to hire more than 200 seasonal employees to help run state parks – including jobs that are open now. Oregon State Parks needs seasonal rangers and ranger assistants to perform jobs from janitorial to visitor services. Seasonal positions last anywhere from four to nine months — typically April through September. But some

LINCOLN CITY — The North Lincoln County Historical Museum has received a donation of $700,000 from the Jones Living Trust to support its educational programs, preservation initiatives, and to help expand exhibits. In making the announcement, museum executive director Christopher Melton said Sheridan and Crichton Jones were among the first supporters of establishing a museum in Lincoln City in 1987.

NEWPORT — Atonement Lutheran Church is the Lincoln County host for the 12th annual Oregon Interfaith Earth summit in partnership with Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and Oregon Interfaith Power & Light. The Newport church is joining 17 other community hubs for the statewide gathering, which will focus on the theme of climate safety and health. Participants will learn about what is

NEWPORT – Two films documenting salmon habitat restoration projects in the Alsea River basin are on tap at the Lincoln County Historical Society’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday March 6. The MidCoast Watersheds Council and partners spent the last year documenting the restoration of Mill and Beaty creeks near the town of Alsea and Starr Creek, a