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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

A 4.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded Sunday evening off the southern Oregon coast. The earthquake occurred at 5:49 p.m. about 196 miles west of Bandon at a depth of just over 6 miles, according to the United States Geological Survey. There were no reports that anyone on land felt it. The quake occurred along the Blanco Fracture Zone, a system of “strike-slip

YACHATS — Colorful, original art banners have decorated downtown Yachats all summer and now they’ll all be up for auction Saturday, Oct. 7. From 5-6:30 p.m. in the Commons, people can view all 34 banners created by local artists, meet many of the artists themselves, and bid on the works. The auction will be conducted by Polly Plumb Productions, a

WALDPORT – The Port of Alsea board will interview the five people who applied for a soon-to-be vacant board seat during a special meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday. Longtime board chair Rob Bishop, who was re-elected in May, is resigning effective Oct. 19. Following the interviews, the five-member board could select someone at its Oct. 5 meeting or wait until

YACHATS – A Roseburg man is in the Lincoln County jail after crashing his car Thursday in Yachats and fleeing into a neighborhood. Oregon State Police were able to track Derick L. Weinhold, 32, and charged him with driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving after the 2:30 p.m. incident. A report by Trooper Scott Severson said alcohol

The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz and two other Oregon tribes have secured more than $2.3 million in federal grants to provide services and promote justice for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and trafficking. The grants are from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women. The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians received $990,098, the Confederated Tribes

WALDPORT — Firewood cutting permits for the Siuslaw National Forest will be available beginning Monday – if there is no federal government shutdown. Commercial and personal use permits are required and must be displayed when harvesting or transporting firewood. Permits will be available beginning Monday, Oct. 2 at the Waldport district office, 1130 Forestry Lane, and in Reedsport, 855 U.S.