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Loyalty Day Queen’s Coronation set for May 3 in Newport
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No reasonable person should oppose SB 978
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Lack of response from county is frustrating
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Health and safety is priority one
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Parents react as school closes for day
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Governor taps locals for appointments
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Death Notices
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Accused animal abuser in jail
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Newport passes plastic bag ban
NEWPORT — The City of Newport became the eighth city in Oregon Monday night to pass a plastic bag ban ordinance, outlawing single-use plastic bags often used at grocery stores and community events to carry out purchases. The council vote was 5-2 in favor.
Updated: 6 days ago
Local pols key to gun battle
A new firearms law that could have far-reaching impacts on law-abiding gun owners is making its way to a vote on the floor of the Oregon State Senate, where local politicians are caught in the crossfire over SB 978.
Updated: 1 week ago
Hospital tests: Waldport students with elevated carbon monoxide
WALDPORT — Fourteen students from Crestview Heights Elementary School were in the emergency room Tuesday at the behest of concerned parents, with some testing positive for elevated carbon monoxide levels following another incident likely linked to a faulty boiler.
Updated: 6 days ago
County sheriff heads off ICE fears
Despite the potential for perception to the contrary, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not work with federal law enforcement agencies on tracking or detaining immigrants in the country illegally.
Updated: 1 week ago
Experts paint sobering potential for sea change
In today’s changing world of climate change, it might not seem unusual to see a room with 40 Lincoln County residents at the Visual Arts Center overlooking Nye Beach on a windless, rainless evening to talk about biochemistry, the atmosphere and oceanographic sciences.
Updated: 1 week ago
Earth Day should be every day, local activists say
Earth Day may seem like a relatively new concept, but it’ll turn 50 in 2020.
Updated: 4 days ago
The opposite of shelf-ish
To start off National Library Week, the Toledo Public Library announced a new volunteering program on Monday: Adopt-A-Shelf.
Updated: 1 week ago
Experts paint sobering potential for sea change
In today’s changing world of climate change, it might not seem unusual to see a room with 40 Lincoln County residents at the Visual Arts Center overlooking Nye Beach on a windless, rainless evening to talk about biochemistry, the atmosphere and oceanographic sciences.
Updated: 1 week ago
Soaring in the great indoors
In the first weekend of National Kite Month, a kiting event raised over $1,000 for local affordable housing efforts — and all the while bringing people together to have fun. The second annual SOS Indoor Kite Flying Gala, the reincarnation of an indoor kite fest from days gone by, was held on April 6 and 7 at Taft High School. Sheila Stiley, executive director of Northwest Coastal Housing, first thought of bringing back the indoor kite festival when brainstorming an event for Lincoln City Community Days last year.
Updated: 1 week ago
Bookings down at Sheriff’s Office
Deputies responded to no calls of manslaughter or murder this year, according to a report on the previous year’s progress and achievements. The recently released 2018 report includes the creation of a new volunteer group, two hires for a new program and the reinstatement of an old team.
Updated: 1 month ago
4th Annual Crab Blessing
Families, fishermen and community members gathered at the North Jetty look-out at Yaquina Bay State Park on Friday, Jan. 4 for the 4th Annual Crab Blessing (Photos by Shelby Wolfe)