A passenger in a car driven by a Willamina woman died Wednesday night when her car left U.S. Highway 101 north of Ona Beach State Park and struck a tree. […]
News Briefs
Lincoln County awards $186,000 in social service grants including one in Yachats
Yachats Youth & Familiy Activities Program was one of 18 social service providers tentatively awarded a total of $186,000 by Lincoln County on Wednesday. The Yachats organization received $8,700 of […]
Waldport Middle School wins $15,000 grant for music program
Waldport Middle School’s music program has received a $15,000 grant for the 2019-20 school year to help create more involvement by seventh- and eighth-graders by buying instruments, learning from visiting […]
Yachats Coastal Gems offering June 4 hikes through Newport
The walking group Yachats Coastal Gems is offering its monthly hike in Newport on Tuesday, June 4. Anyone is invited for a 3- or 6-mile walk through Newport’s Old Town, […]
Highway 34 reopened to traffic for holiday weekend, but closes again Thursday, May 30
The Oregon Department of Transportation reopened Highway 34 between Alsea and Philomath on Friday afternoon for the Memorial Day weekend but will close it again all day Thursday, May 30. […]
Lincoln County buys house to help probationers transition into community
Lincoln County commissioners on Wednesday approved buying a five-bedroom house in Newport to use for men on probation as they transition into the community. The vacant home at 168 S.E. […]
Lincoln County high school students gain free bus passes
Yes, there is a free ride. Lincoln County Transit has announced a new program that allows any high school student a free ride anywhere in the county. This includes Waldport […]
Lincoln County’s unemployment rate dips below 5 percent in April
Lincoln County added 270 jobs and its unemployment rate dropped back below 5 percent in April, according to seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll numbers released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department. […]
Yachats man sent to state hospital for evaulation
A 61-year-old Yachats man has been sent to the Oregon State Hospital for treatment and to determine if he is fit to stand trial on charges stemming from firing a […]
OSU names new fisheries extension agent for central Oregon coast
A marine scientist has joined Oregon Sea Grant and the Oregon State University Extension Service to work with the fishing industry on the central Oregon coast. Angee Doerr, who is […]