By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle The imminent departure of two Rite Aid pharmacies in Newport and Lincoln City has added some urgency to potential plans by Samaritan Health Services to […]
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Loss of beloved boat captain at sea has Newport Fishermen’s Wives helping family of one of their own
By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT — Inside the gazebo, dozens of framed photographs of fishermen stand shoulder to shoulder — faces smiling, catch in hand or holding loved ones […]
Got your running shoes? Registration is open for Newport Marathon June 1
Registration has opened for the 26th annual Newport Marathon and Half Marathon on June 1. The course is certified by USA Track & Field, making it an official qualifier […]
Young, blind harbor seal from Canada has found a new home at Oregon Coast Aquarium
NEWPORT – A harbor seal pup rescued in British Columbia two years ago and is now blind because it had its eyes removed due to infection has joined the […]
Samaritan adds three doctors at its clinics in Newport, Lincoln City
Samaritan Health Services has added three doctors to its clinics in Newport and Lincoln City, but is losing a physician’s assistant in Newport. Drs. Colette Whitney and Cassie Whittier have […]
It’s been a good season for Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet with strong prices and four more months to go
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Oregon’s 2024-24 commercial Dungeness crab season is proving quite successful five months into the season. Fishermen have hauled in 23.8 million pounds of crab so far, […]
Maritime Heritage Center in Newport opens four-month photo exhibit on seaweed, kelp and ocean health
By Oregon ArtsWatch A traveling exhibit by a San Francisco author and photographer that explores the important of seaweed and kelp to ocean health opens Thursday at the Pacific […]
After ocean’s closure, the commercial fishing season for Chinook salmon off Oregon coast could be a disaster
Offshore salmon seasons will be closed or look much different this summer along most of the Oregon coast as managers struggle to ensure the safety of declining fall Chinook […]
Skeleton of massive blue whale hits the road to Canada for final restoration before going on display in Newport
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Newport will soon be the home of one of the largest animals to ever roam the Earth — a near-complete skeleton of a 70-foot long blue […]
It’s snowy plover nesting season on the Oregon coast as threatened shorebirds rebound with help of beach restrictions
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal Oregon’s cutest shorebird has made a big rally over the past two decades, from the verge of extinction to expanding its range. Western snowy […]