NEWPORT – A Salem-based company that owns eight newspapers in Oregon and northern California has purchased the Newport News-Times and its sister publications in Florence and Cottage Grove. The purchase […]
While 156 firefighters try to contain a 144-acre fire in the Siuslaw National Forest northeast of Florence, officials expect a 12-acre fire near Marys Peak to be fully contained […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Pioneer Connect of Philomath a $24.9 million grant in the fourth round of funding in the federal government’s broadband “ReConnect” program. Pioneer said […]
OTTER ROCK – Megan B. Wigington, 32, of Salem was killed Thursday afternoon when her car left U.S. Highway 101 on Cape Foulweather and rolled multiple times, Oregon State Police […]
While they wait for a judge’s ruling on vacation rental regulations, Lincoln County commissioners took the pre-emptive step last week of putting a 1-year moratorium on issuing new licenses in […]
Lincoln County is among eight government entities and tribes getting $19.3 million from the federal government for culvert replacement projects to help salmon and steelhead passage in streams and estuaries. […]
Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continues its slow decline, but remains above the jobless rate for Oregon and the U.S. The Oregon Employment Department reported Tuesday that the county’s […]
Early registration for the CoastBusters Walk for Breast Cancer is closing Thursday, Aug. 31 for the third annual walk Saturday, Sept. 30 at Newport High School. Early registration is $25 […]
NEWPORT — A man shot and killed Aug. 9 by a motorist on Yaquina Bay Bridge was a homeless man who had been arrested for disorderly conduct in mid-June for […]
YACHATS – It may be the coast, but that doesn’t mean locals can’t enjoy a little Wild West entertainment. Timothy Patrick, a longtime Eugene musician, is bringing his one-act music […]
