As of August 1, 2024, the Lincoln City Police Department will be removing the drug take-back kiosk, also known as the “safe medication disposal box” or the “drug drop off.” […]
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Biden nominates Newport researcher to lead marine mammal commission
NEWPORT — Oregon State University marine researcher Lisa Ballance is on course to take on some important new duties. Ballance, who directs the university’s Marine Mammal Institute in Newport, has […]
COCF&R offers information Saturday on wildland fire protection
WALDPORT – As wildfires consume hundreds of thousands of acres of land in eastern Oregon, staff and volunteers at Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue are offering landowners a chance […]
Oregon wildlife regulators want your help tracking … roadkill
By KRISTIAN FODEL-VENCIL/Oregon Public Broadcasting Back in the 1970s, botanist Barbara Wilson found a fun way to pass the time during her daily 80-mile roundtrip commute from Iowa to Nebraska. […]
Rotary Club of Newport helps tackle micro-plastic issue with daily two-hour beach cleanups
By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY It would almost be a pretty sight if you don’t know what those tiny spots of color increasingly dotting the beaches are. But once […]
Anderson’s stop in Yachats focuses on jobs and childcare, taxes and tourists, logging and herbicides
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – State Sen. Dick Anderson got quizzed on infrastructure and tourists, herbicides and logging, education and elections Tuesday during a 75-minute town hall in Yachats. […]
Toledo’s waterfront market brings vendors and community together each Thursday
By HAZEL FIEDLER/Oregon Coast TODAY TOLEDO — The village of tents surrounded by the deep green of forestland near the Yaquina River create a market that is the best […]
Locally built and owned F/V Sea Lion III still plying coastal waters for crab and salmon
The fishing vessel Sea Lion III has been part of Newport’s fishing fleet since the 1950s. The 47-foot vessel was made locally by E.M. Gerttula in 1943. Ownership changed […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate stays at 4.6 percent in June
Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained flat – but high – in June, the same as it has been for the previous three months. The unemployment rate was 4.6 […]
Firefighters extinguish or contain several small blazes on Siuslaw forest
A weekend lightning storm ignited several small fires on the Siuslaw National Forest but quick responses by firefighters positioned at strategic locations kept the fires small. Resource sharing and coordination […]