WALDPORT — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and First Baptist Church of Waldport are hosting a family fishing event at Eckman Lake from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]
ODFW, church hold kids fishing event Saturday at Eckman Lake
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Benfield has experience, professionalism to end DA’s office disarray
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To the editor: We need Kathryn Benfield as our Lincoln County District Attorney. Our current district attorney’s office has been in embarrassing disarray. Public conflict with our county commissioners, sheriff’s […]
Sheriff’s deputies, Newport police arrest man after report of stolen vehicle, chase
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About 6:02 a.m. Tuesday Willamette Valley Communications Center dispatch received a report of a vehicle stolen from the Siletz Valley Charter School in Siletz. The owner of the vehicle also […]
A new hybrid non-native beach grass is spreading fast and hampering efforts to restore ocean dunes
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By LAUREN ELLENBECKER/Columbia Insight Over a century ago, settlers altered the Pacific Coast’s natural shape with the introduction of two non-native grass species. Now, a new hybrid grass species is […]
Newport hospital becomes first small, rural Oregon hospital to use robotic-assisted surgery equipment
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NEWPORT – Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital has become the first, small rural hospital in Oregon to acquire and implement robotic-assisted surgery equipment in one of its operating rooms. The da […]
Oregon DOJ says no criminal charges in OLCC bourbon scandal, but ethics probe proceeds
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By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Oregon Department of Justice concluded that no criminal charges are warranted for the six former Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission employees who […]
Leaders of Oregon’s largest school districts ask state to address “education funding crisis”
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By ALEX BAUNHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Superintendents in four Oregon school districts, including the two largest in Portland and Salem, are calling on state leaders to boost funding for public education, […]
Legislators say Optum will let Eugene doctors who left Oregon Medical Group treat local patients
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By JAKE THOMAS/The Lund Report A pair of Eugene lawmakers say that health care giant Optum, Inc. has agreed to release its former doctors from non-compete contracts that critics said […]
Warm Springs tribe asks ODFW to repeal licensing agreement with Grand Ronde over Willamette Falls issue
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By NIKA BARTOO-SMITH/Underscore News The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is asking the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to repeal a state agreement with the Confederated Tribes of Grand […]
Tidewater woman killed Saturday in Highway 20 crash near Blodgett
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BLODGETT – The Benton County Sheriff’s Office says it is investigating the cause of a two-car collision Saturday on U.S. Highway 20 that killed a Tidewater woman driving one car […]