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YACHATS – A Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy used a Taser to subdue and arrest a 30-year-old Waldport man Saturday morning after motorists on U.S. Highway 101 north of Yachats said he was throwing objects at passing cars and damaging them. Christian R. McCain is in the county jail on two counts of first-degree criminal mischief and four counts of recklessly

SALEM – A 39-year-old Waldport man has been sentenced to six years in prison for a 2022 crash that killed one person and injured three others in south Salem. Jose DeJesus Briones pleaded guilty in Marion County court Jan. 9 to five counts, including manslaughter, assault and driving under the influence of intoxicants. At about 9:45 a.m. March 21, Briones

YACHATS – The Yachats Lions Club’s annual fundraising crab feed is returning to in-person dining Saturday as the Covid pandemic fades and Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season reopens. The deadline for ordering tickets is noon Wednesday. The pandemic forced the crab feed to on-line ordering and takeout meals the past two years. But the club is still making adjustments.

By THE OREGONIAN/OregonLive Winter storms have washed away the sea lion docks on the Newport bayfront, leaving visitors without a popular attraction and sea lions without a familiar place to haul out. The docks were torn from their pilings during December storms, the Newport News Times first reported, and while all pieces were recovered, it could be a long and costly

By Oregon Public Broadcasting A section of U.S. Highway 101 is closed in southwest Oregon after a landslide early Monday caused the road to sink. A nearly 200-yard section of the highway has dropped as much as 12 feet in some spots. The closure is just south of Port Orford, Oregon, between Bandon and Gold Beach. Oregon Department of Transportation spokesperson

The coronavirus pandemic apparently helped wages in Lincoln County increase much more than the rest of Oregon in 2021, according to a new report from the Oregon Employment Department. That’s the good news. The bad news? Inflation in 2021 and 2022 will eat up much of that increase. The new report by regional economist Erik Knoder covers wages for workers

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. has scheduled an in-person town hall for Saturday morning in Lincoln City as part of his first round of community meetings halls in 2023. Merkley plans to hold a town hall for each of Oregon’s 36 counties. The Lincoln County meeting is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 at Taft High School, 3780 S.E. Spy Glass Ridge Drive, Lincoln City.

NEWPORT – The Lincoln County commission’s  discussion Wednesday on vacation rental rules will focus entirely on the question of license caps in unincorporated areas. As commissioners enter their fourth year of work on vacation rental regulations, they’re tackling the most controversial aspect — whether and how much to limit the number of licenses according to area. Commissioners adopted their own

WALDPORT – A man and woman were rescued from Alsea Bay by Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue crews Thursday afternoon after their foot-powered paddle craft capsized about 3:30 p.m. in a heavy wind and rain storm. The couple’s identity was not released by COCF&R, but Chief Jamie Mason said they were staying at McKinley’s Marina and RV Park. The

NEWPORT — Casey Miller, Lincoln County’s former public information officer, was sworn in Tuesday as the county’s newest commissioner. Lincoln County Circuit Court Judge Sheryl Bachart administered the oath of office to several officials elected in November, including Miller, incumbent commissioner Kaety Jacobson, first-time county clerk Amy Southwell and returning treasurer Jayne Welch. Miller earned a plurality in his