http://www.newportnewstimes.com Top Stories RSS Feed Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:02:05 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22192 A large group of exchange students from Beijing, China literally waded into central Oregon coast culture Thursday afternoon by exploring Nye Beach on a typical rainy winter day. Several members of the group used an umbrella to protect their shoes as they cavorted barefoot over Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:26:10 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22191 Council must now decide whether to accept property An anonymous landowner has offered to donate 4.5 acres of property in South Beach to the City of Newport to fund a new municipal swimming pool, but a decision on whether to accept it rests Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:22:48 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22190 Committee considers options for moving school out of tsunami zone Waldport citizens acknowledged the vulnerability of Waldport High School to an earthquake, but rejected any fix short of a new facility during a community meeting held at the high school Wednesday night. Waldport's 50-year-old Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:21:11 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22189 Group drafts vision statement for Main Street Program About 20 folks gathered in Toledo City Hall on Jan. 27 to hear initial results from a community visioning session conducted the previous day by Oregon Main Street Program Coordinator Sheri Stuart. Toledo was one Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:20:38 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22188 The Newport City Council approved a household pool pass this week. The price of the pass is $462. The cost of the pass is based on 70 percent of the cost of two adult and two youth annual pool passes, but it covers Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:19:58 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22187 Electrical failure causes early morning waste snafu It was the best of times. It was the worst of places. An electrical malfunction at the lift station in Depoe Bay Park spewed an estimated 17,000 gallons of raw sewage into "the world's smallest navigable Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:19:36 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22172 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) responded to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Jan. 29, informing Deputy Assistant General Counsel Glenn Wolcott that the agency would - per GAO recommendations - conduct an assessment of the process leading to their decision to move Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:12:33 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22171 July event could burn out without the spark of community support Long a stable of the south county Independence Day celebration, Waldport's July 3 fireworks show is in danger of fizzling out without more support from the community. Organizer Judy Vagenas, 68, said with Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:11:28 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22170 Waldport marina owner violated water pollution facilities permit The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has fined Anthony M. Simon, owner of the King Silver RV Park & Marina, a total of $108,324 for discharging sewage onto the ground and operating an unpermitted sewage Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:10:51 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22169 Grants provide the bulk of funding for $600,000-plus project A public boat ramp on the lower Siletz River is slated for construction this year and could be completed in time for the fall fishing season. The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners, at its meeting Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:09:16 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22153 A U.S. Coast Guard plane made a rare appearance at the Newport airport on Thursday to transport two rescued sea turtles from the Oregon Coast Aquarium to the Sea World Turtle Rehabilitation Center in San Diego. The Sacramento-based HC-130 is a four-engine turboprop aircraft used Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:23:36 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22152 Lincoln County, Newport object to change in LinCom leadership Despite a warning that they could be jeopardizing funding for the Lincoln County Communications Agency (LinCom), representatives from the smaller cities and emergency services providers who use the dispatch center overwhelmingly voted to wrest complete Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:22:48 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22151 Highway 101 project recommendations an unanticipated response Project managers for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) were caught off-guard by a Lincoln City staff report recommending changes to a U.S. Highway 101 project alignment in that city. The overall aim is to boost capacity Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:22:17 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22150 Lincoln county voter turnout at 66 percent in special election Lincoln County voters, like a majority of voters across Oregon, approved both Measures 66 and 67 during Tuesday's special election. The percentage of Lincoln County residents voting in this election also mirrored the statewide Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:21:50 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22149 New facility will have labs for water quality, animal handling and more Although last September's ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opened Oregon Coast Community College's (OCCC) new central campus in South Beach, the institution still has one more construction project in the pipeline for the site: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:21:16 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22136 A mixed quartet of cats gazes impassively from various perches under a pickup truck on SE Kauri Street in Toledo. For good or ill (depending on who's talking), cats are prominent parts of the landscape in this area around SE 18th Street off SE Sturdevant Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:15:58 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22135 Lincoln City, ODOT officials at odds over realignment plans Plans to realign U.S. Highway 101 between South 12th St. and High School Drive in Lincoln City are, for the moment, going nowhere. In response to a conceptual layout for the project presented by Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:15:20 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22134 February election will decide who sits in three council seats Tribal voters go to the polls Saturday, Feb. 6, to select three from among the eight candidates to serve fresh, three-year terms on the nine-member Siletz Tribal Council. Incumbents Delores Pigsley, Alfred "Bud" Lane Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:14:45 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22133 Dave Lapof brings more than 20 years experience as a fighterfighter The Seal Rock Rural Fire Protection District now has its first full-time paid fire chief. Fire Chief Dave Lapof took command of the volunteer staff on Jan. 1. He began his career as Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:13:44 -0600 http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=22132 Newport facility will have double the water capacity Work on a new $15.9-million Newport water treatment plant financed through a voter passed bond measure in November 2008 is set to begin soon. The City of Newport has hired HDR Consulting to help Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:13:13 -0600