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Shine up your sequins and dust off your best suit for some Broadway magic, a gala fundraiser presented by Coastal Voices, Lincoln County’s vocal ensemble, at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Saturday, July 20. The glitz and glamor of the black tie-optional event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a silent auction and raffle games in the lobby, followed by

Oregon Sea Grant is again offering its popular “Shop at the Dock” tours in Newport beginning Friday, July 19 and has expanded the tours to five other ports in Oregon and southwest Washington. The Newport tours will be offered Fridays at 9:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. from July 19 through Aug. 16. The tours are free, no

Fans of the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport have a new way to show their support. A new puffin license plate may be available soon and the aquarium is selling $40 vouchers for the plates on its website. The license plate features a puffin, the distinctive black and white native Oregon seabird with an orange-tufted head. Sales of the

Safeway stores in Newport and Florence and among the 62 that Kroger has identified to sell to another grocery chain to help win approval for its proposed merger with Albertsons. In a bid to mollify antitrust regulators, Kroger and Albertsons the two companies said they would sell more than 500 stores to New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers for $2.9 billion.

Siuslaw National Forest officials are seeking public comments for an initial proposal to reduce the presence of invasive and non-native plant species. Objectives of the proposed project include establishment of forest-wide standards for managing invasive species using a variety of treatment methods and restoring native plant ecosystems. Comments can be made through Aug. 7. “The Siuslaw National Forest has approximately