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WALDPORT — A 27-year-old Toledo man was killed Thursday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a truck pulling onto U.S. Highway 101 just north of the Alsea Bay Bridge and burst into flames. Killed about 2:15 p.m. Thursday was Alex Gomez, according to a news release Friday by Oregon State Police. Police said Gomez was going through

An Alaska man was killed Tuesday evening when he swerved into oncoming traffic on U.S. Highway 20 four miles east of Newport and collided with a pickup truck. Killed was James R. Lebo, 70, of Wrangell, Alaska, Oregon State Police said. Police said their preliminary investigation indicated that Lebo was driving east in a Suzuki Sidekick about 5 p.m. Tuesday

NEWPORT — A legal dispute between a Colorado contractor and Samaritan Pacific Health Services has been resolved through mediation, opening the way for most flooring to be replaced inside the three-story tower at Samaritan’s Newport hospital. Work will begin later this year and is expected to take 18 to 24 months to complete, the hospital said in a news release

Three in-person public meetings later this month will provide opportunities for the pubic and various interest groups to comment on federal proposals to build wind-energy platforms off the southern Oregon coast. The meetings coincide with the start of an extended, 60-day public review and comment period regarding the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s proposal to create to so-called “call

NEWPORT – The Pacific Communities Health District Foundation is holding a meeting Thursday, Sept. 14 to explain and recruit people to be part of its annual “Giving Circle” fundraising campaign. The event is 5-7 p.m. at the Samaritan Center for Health Education in Newport Participation is open to any individual interested in actively supporting the health and well-being of the

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 and under control by the weekend. Forest officials said fire crews on the Rock Creek fire near Marys Peak were on a “search and destroy” mission to extinguish remaining hotspots

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 reported Monday. Police said their preliminary investigation indicated Wigington’s Chevrolet Blazer was southbound about 1:15 p.m. Thursday when for unknown reasons it left the highway, rolled several times, and came