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Fed up shrimpers may look to state for oversight
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Bag ban referendum not going to ballot
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Toledo Library thankful for grants
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Toledo candidates candid at forum
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Candidate forum brings crowd in Yachats
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Waldport introduces new forestry course
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Paving the way for safer student travel
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Mary B II captain tested positive for amphetamine, methamphetamine
Coast Guard investigators revealed that the captain of the doomed fishing vessel Mary B II tested positive for methamphetamines and alcohol.
Updated: 5 days ago
BREAKING: Impaired captain was responsible for at-sea mishaps, possible assault
The saga of a captain who appeared to be neither a proper master of his ships nor his own impulses is unfolding at a Coast Guard hearing in Newport, with testimony giving details about the man sleeping at the wheel, using marijuana, displaying intoxication and possibly assaulting another person aboard his boat.
Updated: 3 days ago
Widow recounts boat's tragic trajectory
The widow of Toledo fisherman Josh Porter has painted for investigators a picture of a frustrated man battling an incompetent captain in the days and hours leading up to the sinking of the Mary B II.
Updated: 3 days ago
BREAKING: Woman says she was hit in the face on Biernacki's boat
A Toledo woman who says she was aboard a tuna boat piloted by Captain Stephen Biernacki last August has come forward to recount the man hitting her in the face with a microphone and trying to confine her to the boat's bunk area after the two fought over a radio call she made to try to get another boat to take her back to shore.
Updated: 2 days ago
Face of Shark Day to sign off
Youngsters who traipse through Hatfield Marine Science Center, eyes wide to grinning whale skulls and the skeletal frames of elephant seals, can thank Bill Hanshumaker for the introduction.
Updated: 1 week ago
New memory care facility opens in Newport
Caring Places Management held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Newport Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors last week at the new South Beach Manor. However, it will still be a couple of days before the center puts on its finishing touches and welcomes its first residents
Updated: 3 days ago
Quick community aids in fire response
OTIS — Firefighters stepped in to control a home blaze being battled by neighbors last Friday. North Lincoln Fire and Rescue was dispatched to the house fire on N. Deer Drive in Otis shortly past noon. It was reported that there was an exterior fire next to the home, windows were breaking and the fire was extending. There were also three dogs in the garage attached to the home. The home was unoccupied.
Updated: 3 days ago
Mary B II captain tested positive for amphetamine, methamphetamine
Coast Guard investigators revealed that the captain of the doomed fishing vessel Mary B II tested positive for methamphetamines and alcohol.
Updated: 5 days ago
Few contested seats in special election
Voters are busy checking boxes for the May 21 special election. In many of the Lincoln County races, there is only one choice on the ballot.
Updated: 1 week ago
K9 helps bring in Lincoln City suspect
Officer Nix was busy early Thursday morning. At about 12:51 a.m., Lincoln City Police Officer Torin Liden initiated a traffic stop on a white 2000 Subaru sedan in the area of Highway 101 and the “D” River Wayside State Park for an observed traffic violation
Updated: 1 week 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)