NEWPORT – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. and Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Ore. have scheduled a joint town hall beginning at noon Saturday, Feb. 1 at Oregon Coast Community College. The Newport […]
News Briefs
Fishing support group uses $50,000 in grants for commercial safety gear
NEWPORT – Members of Newport’s commercial crab fleet are a little safer this winter thanks to equipment purchased with more than $50,000 in grants to the Newport Fishermen’s Wives organization. […]
Rep. Hoyle announces subcommittee assignments for new session of Congress
Rep. Val Hoyle, who represents Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District including all of Lincoln County, has received her subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress. In the House Committee on Natural Resources, […]
Deputies arrest Newport and Siletz men in three child luring stings
Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three men the past week on a variety of charges from a child luring sting operation it conducted from late December to mid-January, the agency […]
Siletz, coastal tribes win $1.56 million grant for sea otter reintroduction
A significant new, three-year grant will help the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and others work to reintroduce sea otters to their historic ranges along the Oregon and northern California […]
Nonprofit gives $24,000 to music programs in Lincoln County middle/high schools
A Lincoln County nonprofit dedicated to supporting music education has given $24,000 to Lincoln County School District music programs at middle and high schools in Waldport, Toledo, Newport and Lincoln […]
Yachats changes rules on pre-paying system development charges
YACHATS — The city of Yachats has updated its policy on system development charges, which are incurred when someone builds a new home or business and connects to city […]
Oregon Coast CC directors appoint Alexander to board
The Oregon Coast Community College board has appointed newspaper publisher and college advocate Patrick Alexander of Lincoln City to a vacancy on its seven-member board. Alexander, who will be sworn […]
Most Siuslaw Forest fees are waived on ML King Day Monday
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 […]
Fisherman drowns after being swept off rocks near Otter Crest
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 […]