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The U.S. Forest Service is waiving recreation fees at most day-use sites across the Siuslaw National Forest and its other properties in Oregon and Washington on Monday, Jan. 20, in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This fee waiver is designed to allow more people to experience the recreational opportunities offered on national forests and is also part of

OTTER CREST — A 45-year-old Happy Valley man died Wednesday, Jan. 15 when he was swept off the rocks by a sneaker wave along the north end of Otter Crest Loop. Oregon State Police said Hong B. Su was fishing from the rocks with another man when he was washed out into the ocean by a sneaker wave about 2

The Lincoln County School District board voted 4-0 Tuesday night to appoint Lincoln City councilor Mitch Parsons to fill the Zone 1 position left vacant by Megan Cawley’s resignation in November. Parsons was the lone applicant for the unpaid, volunteer position and was immediately sworn in. Zone 1 includes the north county voting precincts of Delake, Oceanlake, Sunset West,

KLCC News EUGENE — Lane County Commissioners have voted to hire a former Lincoln County District Attorney as their legal counsel. As chief legal officer, Rob Bovett will lead the office that represents the county in legal matters, and advises the county’s top elected officials. He most recently served as senior assistant county counsel to Washington County, and previously served

NEWPORT – A massive flooring replacement project at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital has moved into the surgery department and as a result some elective surgeries and procedures are being delayed to March. The hospital has four operating rooms and 14 pre-op admitting rooms. Facility director Jon Conner said workers will seal off half of the surgery department to replace the

Expect a few more beachgoers this weekend for the third and final king tide of the winter Friday through Monday. The last Oregon king tide took place Dec. 13-15. The high tides are around 8:15 a.m. Friday, 9:12 a.m. Saturday, 10:05 a.m. Sunday and 10:55 a.m. Monday. King tides are very high tides that generally happen during new and full moons

NEWPORT – The remainder of Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open Jan. 15 from Manzanita into southwest Washington, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Tuesday. The area, officially designated as Cape Falcon to Klipsan Beach, Wash., had been delayed in opening to allow for crab to reach meat criteria for harvest, according to ODFW. The rest of