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WALDPORT — The Bader Fine Art Gallery and sponsors handed out more than $1,350 in awards to Waldport-area teenagers in the gallery’s first youth art show and contest. Vera Kyei, 13, of Waldport won best of show and $300 for her ceramic dragon. Avia Lambert, 17, Waldport, won first prize and $250 in the division for artists age 16-18.

Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in September, unchanged from the August rate, the Oregon Employment Department reported this week. Although flat for the two months, the county’s jobless rate is down significantly from a year ago when it was 5.9 percent. The statewide unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in September, and the national rate was 3.8

CORVALLIS – Police arrested an Oregon State University freshman from Newport on Tuesday after a threat allegedly was made that a food-delivery robot on campus had a bomb in it. All of the food-delivery robots operating on the Corvallis campus were inspected by about 2 p.m. Tuesday, with no bombs found, according to a university public-safety alert. Starship Technologies, which

YACHATS – Siuslaw National Forest officials are seeking someone interested in operating a concession stand at Devils Churn south of Yachats. The vacant space near the information window will be available for the sale of food and beverages under a special use permit. “This is an excellent opportunity for a business interested in supporting recreation and serving the public on

NEWPORT – For the first time in 20 years, Lincoln County is seeking a new medical examiner. Dr. Marilyn Fraser of Lincoln City has notified the county that she is giving up her medical examiner duties as of Nov. 1. Fraser is maintaining her family medicine practice based at Samaritan Lincoln City Medical Center. The end of her county service

YACHATS — The public is invited to take part in a workshop Thursday evening to collaborate with city staff in identifying needs and priorities in shoring up critical infrastructure to prepare to respond to emergencies and hazards. The Oregon Department of Energy awarded Yachats a $100,000 renewables and resiliency grant to help plan and study incorporating renewable energy and emergency

WALDPORT – The Port of Alsea board has selected George Gray of Waldport to replace longtime board chair Rob Bishop, who is resigning effective Oct. 19. Gray will be sworn in at the board’s Nov. 16 meeting. Gray was selected from five applicants who went through interviews with the Port’s board on Thursday, Oct. 5. Gray owns a tub, shower

Oregon State University is expanding its relationship with Samaritan Health Services to provide thousands of the regional health system’s employees with more affordable access to academic programs and workforce education opportunities online. All 6,000 Samaritan employees on the central Oregon coast and in the mid-Willamette Valley are eligible for reduced tuition scholarships through a collaboration with Oregon State E-campus, the

The Siletz Tribe’s annual Run to the Rogue scheduled Friday through Sunday, Oct. 13-15 has been canceled due to wildfires and smoke along the route. This event is a 234-mile relay run/walk in memory of the Siletz tribal ancestors who were forcibly removed from their homeland in Rogue River country in the mid-1800s and marched north to Siletz and the