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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,

YACHATS – A fledgling community group in Yachats has organized an information session with a state land-use planning official to explain to local residents how Oregon’s land-use process works. Hui Rodomsky, south coast representative for the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, will talk about the basics of the land-use system during a public meeting at 3 p.m. Monday,

YACHATS – Two Lane County residents are in the Lincoln County jail after their arrest for a series of car clouts and a car theft at the Overleaf Lodge and Fireside Motel in Yachats in August and September. Abby M. Brooks, 24, of Eugene and McKenzie D. Harris, 30, of Springfield were arraigned Monday on 13 criminal charges ranging from

WALDPORT – Waldport-area residents are expected to gather Saturday, Sept. 17 for the annual “Hands Across the Bridge” recovery event, part of a larger, countywide celebration of Recovery Month. The “Hands Across the Bridge” event begins at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center. Participants then walk to the bridge where they celebrate their recovery or support

NEWPORT – The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen from a Newport-based fishing vessel offshore Oregon on Sunday. The Coast Guard’s command center in Seattle received a report at 9:21 p.m. Friday that the 66-foot fishing vessel F/V Lodestar lost its propulsion and was stranded in a storm battling 8-to-12-foot waves and over 40-knot winds approximately 180 miles offshore Coos Bay.

GLENEDEN BEACH – Alcohol is being investigated as a contributing factor in a collision on U.S. Highway 101 that killed a 74-year-old Lincoln City woman Friday night, according to Oregon State Police. State police said Kendra L. Peracca, 57, of Gleneden Beach was driving south on Highway 101 just north of Gleneden Beach in her Toyota FJ Cruiser when she