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NEWPORT – Chasse Davidson has been hired as the new director of the Newport Visual Arts Center. The arts center, located at the historic Nye Beach turnaround, was built in 1983 by the city of Newport as a public art exhibition space and for art education programs. It is maintained and operated by the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts. The

The Housing Authority of Lincoln County is one of 21 organizations in Oregon to get some of a $2.5 million allotment in federal vouchers to help clients get into privately-owned rentals. The awards were announced last week by Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. The Lincoln County organization is getting five vouchers totaling $40,000, according to the announcement. The

Oregon State University plans to team with five Oregon tribes on a three-year, $5 million forest restoration effort to improve the resilience of woodlands to climate change using Native American practices. The U.S. Department of the Interior is funding the $5 million pilot project, which will include collecting the seeds of culturally and ecologically significant plants on Bureau of Land

Looking for the new bivalent booster shot for Covid protection? Lincoln County Public Health and a variety of other organizations – including local pharmacies – are offering more opportunities to get one beginning this week. Here’s a list of public clinics: The Oregon Health Authority is sponsoring a high-volume clinic from 1-6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 27-28 at the

WALDPORT – A 48-year-old Yachats man is in the Lincoln County jail on $100,000 bond after disturbance Wednesday at the Waldport Shell station and a “high-risk” stop later in a Yachats neighborhood. Christopher D. Reaves Jr. is charged with strangulation, disorderly conduct, harassment, assault and attempting to elude a police officer. According to documents in Lincoln County Circuit Court, Reaves

FLORENCE – Plug-in electric vehicles from at least 11 manufacturers will be on display from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday during an electric vehicle show sponsored by Central Lincoln Peoples Utility District and U.S. Bank. The vehicles will be on display and their owners available to talk about them in the lot adjacent to Johnson Ford on U.S. Highway

Just like the statewide unemployment rate, Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly in August for the first time in almost two years. Lincoln County’s unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in August, the Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday, an increase from 4.7 in July. The rate was 6.3 percent the year before. Oregon’s unemployment rate ticked up from 3.5

NEWPORT – The executive director of Benton County Habitat for Humanity has been hired to lead the Housing Authority of Lincoln County. Karen Rockwell replaces Kathy Kowtko, who joined the Housing Authority in 1983, and was named executive director in 2018. Kowtko is retiring. Rockwell had been executive director of the Benton County organization since 2013. She has a master’s

WALDPORT – Kevin Greenwood of Waldport has been named executive director of the Port of Hood River, the port’s board announced last week. Greenwood has been serving as director of the port’s effort to replace its toll bridge across the Columbia River for the past five years, a project estimated to cost $400 million to $500 million. Greenwood was the

SEAL ROCK — What was supposed to be a beautiful honeymoon along the Oregon Coast turned into a devastating experience for one newlywed couple when someone broke into their truck and stole all their belongings. Last Saturday, Carli and Joe Ghiorso took a vow to spend the rest of their lives together, KGW-TV reported Wednesday. “It was the most wonderful,