Additional Articles

• Sports

  Column: Better week ahead for county football?

  Boy, the football teams from Lincoln County sure took one on the chin last week. The teams went a combined 1-4 and were outscored 225-74. Ouch. Take away Newport’s 49-0 win over Siuslaw, the Lincoln County teams lost by — if you have a weak stomach turn away — 200 points. So what’s happening? For Taft and Toledo, they’ve each already played two games against top-10 teams. Waldport has played a top-11 team and a team from a high division. But now, it’s a new week. A new week for some teams — Waldport, Toledo and Siletz Valley — to get their first win of the year and for others — Newport and Taft — to get back to a .500 record. Each week on the fourth page of the sports section, we have our football Pick ‘Em page. Each week I’ll publish my picks and give a brief explanation on why I think these are the games to watch. Here are the picks:

  6 months ago
• Arts & Entertainment

  Cultural coalition opens 2018 grant cycle

  The Lincoln County Cultural Coalition (LCCC), which receives funds from the Oregon Cultural Trust, is seeking applications for funding from arts, heritage and humanities organizations and individuals (through sponsorship by a qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization).

  6 months ago
• Community

  ‘Sharing for Preparing’ gathering set

  The Newport 60+ Activity Center will host a gathering at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.28, called “Sharing for Preparing.”

  6 months ago
• Community

  Sheriff's office forming advisory group

  Lincoln County Sheriff Curtis Landers recently announced openings for a new volunteer Sheriff's Office Community Advisory Group.

  6 months ago
• Community

  Presentation on gray whales

  The Oregon Chapter of the American Cetacean Society will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye St. The event is free and open to the public.

  6 months ago
• Community

  Get rid of unwanted prescription drugs

  On Saturday, Sept. 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Partnership Against Alcohol & Drug Abuse (PAADA) and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Waldport Substation at 125 SW Alsea Hwy. (They cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps, only pills or patches.) The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

  6 months ago
• Community

  ‘Hands Across the Bridge’ set in Waldport

  On Saturday, Sept. 23, all Lincoln County residents are invited to participate in Lincoln County’s ninth annual Recovery/Wellbriety month celebration. At 11:30 a.m., community members will gather at the Alsea Bridge Interpretative Center parking lot, 620 NW Spring St., Waldport, to participate in the “Hands Across the Bridge” event. It is a visual reminder honoring and encouraging those who are recovering from drug and alcohol addiction and for others who are affected by it.

  6 months ago
• Opinion

  Communities can make a difference in addiction

  September is Lincoln County Recovery/Wellbriety Month, a time set aside each year to increase public awareness that prevention works, treatment is effective and people recover every day from addiction and mental illness.

  6 months ago