LINCOLN CITY – Lincoln City police Tuesday arrested a 53-year-old staff member at Taft high and elementary schools and charged her with rape and sexual abuse of a boy under […]
News Briefs
Deputies investigating needle found in Waldport trick-or-treat candy
WALDPORT – Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating what appeared to be a needle embedded in candy that a trick-or-treater was given Thursday night in Waldport. In a news release […]
Bigger than normal quake recorded 170 miles west of Bandon on Wednesday
Earthquake monitors detected a sizable shake about 170 miles off the Oregon coast Wednesday near Bandon, but no tsunami is expected. According to the United States Geological Survey, a 6.0 earthquake occurred at […]
Sheriff’s rescue team finds lost mushroom hunter near Waldport
WALDPORT — A mushroom hunter was found exhausted but in good condition Friday after calling 9-1-1 to report he was lost near the Harris Ranch Trail east of Waldport. Cary […]
Yachats continues to negotiate to stop clearcut south of city
YACHATS — Yachats’ officials are holding their cards close to the vest as they continue to negotiate to stop a 20-acre clearcut near the base of the Yachats Ridge […]
Siuslaw National Forest starts seasonal slash burning
WALDPORT – Smell smoke in the air? This time of year it’s likely to be from slash burning from summer logging operations on private lands or in the Siuslaw National […]
Oil slick on Highway 126 east of Florence leads to crashes, fatality
FLORENCE – A 59-year-old Florence woman was killed and a Eugene woman seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when a 200-yard-long oil slick in the Knowles Creek tunnel on Highway 126 east […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate is stuck at 4.7 percent
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Lincoln County stayed at 4.7 percent in September, the same as in August but still significantly higher than the Oregon or national rates, according […]
Lincoln City police shoot, kill man during arrest attempt Saturday
LINCOLN CITY – Lincoln City police shot and killed a man shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday when officers went to a domestic disturbance call at a motel and the suspect […]
Ukulele group donates defibrillators to city of Waldport, Cafe Chill, DaNoble House
WALDPORT — The Waldport Seashore Literacy ukulele group has donated three automated external defibrillators to the city of Waldport. The defibrillators, which cost $2,263 each, will be placed at city […]