The last in the three-month series of king tides returns to the Oregon coast this weekend. In Oregon, king tides occur three months in the winter and three times […]
King tides make last appearance of the season this weekend
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News Briefs
Deputy arrests Waldport man after incidents along Highway 101 near Yachats
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YACHATS – A Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy used a Taser to subdue and arrest a 30-year-old Waldport man Saturday morning after motorists on U.S. Highway 101 north of Yachats said […]
Waldport man gets six years in prison for fatal crash in Salem
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SALEM – A 39-year-old Waldport man has been sentenced to six years in prison for a 2022 crash that killed one person and injured three others in south Salem. Jose […]
Yachats Lions Club crab feed returns Saturday; ticket deadline is Wednesday
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YACHATS – The Yachats Lions Club’s annual fundraising crab feed is returning to in-person dining Saturday as the Covid pandemic fades and Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season reopens. The […]
Winter storms wash away sea lion docks on Newport’s bayfront
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By THE OREGONIAN/OregonLive Winter storms have washed away the sea lion docks on the Newport bayfront, leaving visitors without a popular attraction and sea lions without a familiar place to […]
Big landslide south of Port Orford closes Highway 101
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By Oregon Public Broadcasting A section of U.S. Highway 101 is closed in southwest Oregon after a landslide early Monday caused the road to sink. A nearly 200-yard section of […]
Wages rose 8.7 percent in Lincoln County during 2021, says new state report
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The coronavirus pandemic apparently helped wages in Lincoln County increase much more than the rest of Oregon in 2021, according to a new report from the Oregon Employment Department. That’s […]
Merkley schedules town hall meeting Saturday in Lincoln City
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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. has scheduled an in-person town hall for Saturday morning in Lincoln City as part of his first round of community meetings halls in 2023. Merkley plans to hold […]
Lincoln County commissioners take up vacation rental limits Wednesday
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NEWPORT – The Lincoln County commission’s discussion Wednesday on vacation rental rules will focus entirely on the question of license caps in unincorporated areas. As commissioners enter their fourth year […]
Man and woman rescued from Alsea Bay during storm Thursday
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WALDPORT – A man and woman were rescued from Alsea Bay by Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue crews Thursday afternoon after their foot-powered paddle craft capsized about 3:30 p.m. […]