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• Sports

  BEASLEY AT LARGE: Top 10 extras for your tsunami kit

  Are you prepared for the Big One? Even if your official Tsunami Kit is packed and ready for action, it may lack the key ingredients to the Post-Wave good life.

  1 day ago
• Community

  Transgender support group forming

  A new support group for transgender people and their families will begin meeting in Lincoln County later this month. Central Oregon Coast Trans Community, or COCTC, will hold monthly get-togethers on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. as St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 414 SW Ninth St., in Newport. The first meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 27.

  2 days ago
• Community

  Workshop on food as medicine to be held in Newport

  Frances O'Halloran, an herbalist and teacher, will present a workshop called “Food as Medicine: Crafting Fire Cider,” which is a tasty and time-honored, plant-based medicine to prevent and treat colds and flus. Her talk will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Newport 60+ Activity Center, located at 20 SE Second St. The cost of the class is $10.

  2 days ago
• Community

  A celebration of German sausage

  The Newport 60+ Adventure Van will be headed to Mount Angel on Friday, March 1, to celebrate German heritage at the 11th annual Volksfest (formerly known as Wurstfest), where people will find the best-handcrafted German sausages, as well as local and German beers.

  2 days ago
• Sports

  ‘Taft Eight’ head to state

  Rent a bigger bus — Taft High School is sending eight Tigers to the state wrestling championships after a gripping display at the district finale’ last weekend.

  3 days ago
• Sports

  Newport girls swim strong at state

  The Cub girls swim team wrapped up their 2018-2019 season with an array of strong performances at the OSAA 4A/3A/2A/1A state championship meet last weekend.

  3 days ago
• Community

  Samaritan offers diabetes prevention class

  Samaritan Health Services is offering Prevent T2, a free workshop for those who have pre-diabetes or other risk factors for type 2 diabetes. The next series will begin on Tuesday, March 12, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Center for Health Education in Newport.

  4 days ago
• Business

  Tim Schneider of Edward Jones receives specialist designation

  Tim Schneider, of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Newport, has achieved the professional designation of accredited asset management specialist (AAMS).



  4 days ago