The faint rustle of nylon fluttering overhead and a rushing shadow startled tourists in Nye Beach last week as a paraglider swooped into Don & Ann Davis Park.
A new city policy in Newport that aims to control a gamut of unwanted pests that have taken over city ballfields and popular open spaces will use toxic chemical sprays as a “last resort.”
One of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department’s most popular campgrounds on the coast — Beverly Beach State Park north of Newport — will close for about nine months, beginning just after the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Responding to a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed last week to protect sunflower sea stars as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
New research by an Oregon State University-led team is beginning to unravel the times of year and locations where whales are at greatest danger of entanglement in fishing gear along the Oregon coast.
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With spring comes milder weather, more frequent sunshine and more sightings of the wide variety of feathered creatures that call the coast their home. This Rufous hummingbird, the most common and widespread of the seven hummingbird species found in Oregon, was photographed Saturday, March 18…
Two years ago, the Oregon Legislature made a $1.9 million investment to fund research to help understand our changing ocean. Now, you can hear research progress and findings funded by House Bill 3114 on Friday, April 14, at a free event in Newport.
A man is in Lincoln County Jail on $200,000 bond, and a woman was granted conditional release after a Lincoln County grand jury returned a true bills charging both with five counts, including two Class C felony charges of third-degree assault of a minor with “a controlled substance, a danger…
Members of the public are invited to a community open house from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, to learn more about the Yaquina Bay Estuary Management Plan.
The Oregon Senate this week passed Senate Bill 422 with strong bipartisan support. This measure would permit motorcyclists to filter between lanes of traffic on certain Oregon roads when traffic is moving slowly or stopped.
A Newport woman was arrested last week after her children told police she assaulted them, stomping on one of their heads.
Construction is slated to begin this summer in Lincoln City on a project proposed for Highway 101 and Southwest Third Street, which would restrict public access by car during the work week. But the shape of things to be built as part of that project is still under discussion.
Oregon Coast Community College is proposing a new building — tentatively named the Center for Trades Education — to serve Lincoln County students, employers and industry. For quite some time, OCCC officials have been appearing at meetings around the county in an effort to raise awareness of …
The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would end Oregon’s reputation as one of just two states that bans self-service pumps in most settings
A Tidewater woman died on Wednesday, March 15, in a head-on crash on Highway 101 near milepost 152, south of Seal Rock. At around 3:30 p.m., the Oregon State Police responded to the two-vehicle crash.
Oregon Coast Community College is proposing a new building — tentatively named the Center for Trades Education — to serve Lincoln County students, employers and industry. For quite some time, OCCC officials have been appearing at meetings around the county in an effort to raise awareness of …
SILETZ — Sometimes, dreams really do become reality, even if they’re more than 45 years in the making.
A resolution declaring an emergency on homelessness in Lincoln County was approved during a special meeting of the county commissioners on March 8.
Workers, patients and visitors in health care settings will no longer be required to wear masks starting April 3, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced earlier this month.
Long-time Lincoln County resident Courtney Orn has been hired as the new manager for the Greater Toledo Pool Recreation District (GTPRD).
On Jan. 16, 2016, beachgoers up and down the Washington, Oregon and northern California coasts were surprised by multiple “sneaker” waves that inundated beaches, caused injuries and swamped a vehicle.
An airport oversight committee on Monday rejected the notion of erecting solar-energy arrays atop hangers and vacant areas to help power runway lights and electric airplanes.
Brown water seen recently in the surf at Newport’s Nye Beach has been attributed to a heavy presence of surf zone diatoms in that area, according to a researcher at the Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center in South Beach.
Ward I Councilor Elaine Starmer resigned her post at Monday’s Lincoln City City Council meeting, citing concerns raised by the council’s recent executive session meetings.
An Albany couple was the second pair to be charged following drug overdoses in the presence of a toddler in the span of a week. The latest incident dates back two years and escalated into a disturbance in the emergency room and second overdose.
On Thursday, March 23, the city of Toledo hosts a public meeting to discuss a draft Drinking Water Protection Plan. People living in the city and its source watersheds (Mill Creek and the Siletz River) are encouraged to attend. The hybrid meeting will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at the Toled…
A Portland man was jailed in Newport on $200,000 bond after he allegedly beat and strangled his wife for getting his Subway order wrong. Lincoln City police originally arrested the man on charges including a felony bias crime, but prosecutors appear to have dropped that allegation.
For many years, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners conducted public meetings on a weekly basis, holding session each Wednesday morning in the commission meeting room on the first floor of the Lincoln County Courthouse.
I’ve been in the position of Ward I City Councilor for almost a year and a half. I have always taken this responsibility seriously. I have come prepared and advocated for my ward members and for residents of this city as a whole. I have pushed hard against all ways of thinking. I have never …
Newport city officials continue to debate how rideshare operations such as Lyft and Uber will fit into the city’s taxi ordinance.
The response was upbeat during a presentation of the annual audit report at the March 6 meeting of the Newport City Council. That report showed the city’s assets exceed its liabilities by $34 million, said Newport Finance Director Steve Baugher. Overall, the city counted a profit of $10.6 mi…
Lincoln County Sheriff Curtis Landers will be visiting the Gleneden Beach Community Club for a “Meet your Sheriff” get-together on Tuesday, March 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will be held at the community hall, located at 110 Azalea St., just off Gleneden Beach Loop Road.
While the Lincoln County School District continues to provide breakfast and lunch to all students at no charge to families under the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) thanks to grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the district is required to follow USDA and Oregon Department o…
Retired civil engineer Rick Hixson was named to the Newport Budget Committee following a vote of the city council.
A passenger ferry moored in Newport’s Yaquina Bay is a very uncommon sight, but one such vessel was tied up at the Port of Newport’s International Terminal last week. And there’s something about it that made it even more unusual — it’s the first ever, all hydrogen-fueled commercial vessel in…
The familiar overhead drone of piston-powered airplanes will someday be replaced by the whisper of electric aircraft at Newport Municipal Airport.
A Corvallis woman was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants on Feb. 27, after she crashed her Lexus SUV into Newport’s Big Creek Reservoir.
Staff at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport have developed a treatment plan for Sea Star Wasting Syndrome, a deadly set of symptoms that have decimated sea star populations.
Recent visitors to Newport’s Nye Beach may have noticed what appeared to be a muddy surf close to shore. This photo was taken Tuesday morning. Plankton, in the form of surf zone diatoms, can give water a brownish look, but Allen Milligan, associate professor/senior researcher at the botany a…
Lincoln County is holding public meetings this month to seek input for improvements to Don Lindly Park, a county park located alongside the Alsea River just past milepost 8 on Highway 34.
Members of the Newport City Council recently questioned the need for a $32 million bond after the head of Oregon Coast Community College explained the measure as a way to create skilled workers for high-paying jobs.
A 2019 short-term rental policy that significantly reduced the number of vacation homes in Newport was “fine-tuned” by the city council this week.
Due to geotechnical evaluation work needed to design the replacement of the Big Creek Dams in Newport, Big Creek Road is currently closed beyond the lower reservoir. Work began on Thursday and will continue through Friday, March 24.
A man is being held in Lincoln County Jail on $200,000 bond after police say he repeatedly threw his pregnant girlfriend to the ground.
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On Thursday, Feb. 16, at around 9 a.m., detectives and officers from the Lincoln City Police Department executed a search warrant at the home of 20-year-old Zachary Rasmussen, of Lincoln City. The residence is located in the 3400 block of SE Harbor Drive in Lincoln City.
An Otis man was arraigned earlier this week on the charge of failure to make an annual report as a sex offender. When arrested on that charge in January, he’d been wanted since June 2020 for allegedly driving away from a collision the year prior.
The Lincoln County District Attorney’s office is seeking arrest warrants for a Hillsboro couple after one of them allegedly overdosed in front of their young child.
For the past eight years, Oregon Coast Community College and the Small Business Development Center have hosted live video town hall meetings between Lincoln County residents and their elected officials in Salem. The next such event, featuring a discussion of the ongoing legislative session, …
The Lincoln County Circuit Court issued a warrant for the arrest of a Umatilla man on charges of first-degree rape and second-degree sexual abuse.
