News Briefs

YACHATS – It didn’t rain much or at all in August, but heavy spring rains are continuing to supply ample water to the city’s homes and motels. “We’re doing really […]

The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund has distributed $475,876 to 44 organizations as it continues its quarterly donations to nonprofit groups. The Siletz Tribe’s seven-member charitable fund advisory board has […]

A coalition of seafood harvesters, processors and others has launched a new website aimed at slowing down the Biden administration’s fast-tracked effort to build towering wind-energy farms off the Oregon […]

WALDPORT – Voters will have some choices when it comes to deciding Nov. 8 who will be mayor and members of the Waldport city council for the next two and […]

YACHATS – Some very last-minute filings – and some apparent arm twisting – means there will be choices in the November general election for the Yachats city council. While two […]

The unemployment rate in Lincoln County stayed at 4.7 percent in July, according to the Oregon Employment Department’s regional economist, and remains  significantly above the rates across Oregon and the […]

FLORENCE – A 39-year-old Florence man was killed early Saturday when his car went off Oregon Highway 126 four miles west of Walton and struck a tree. It was the […]

The Central Coast Chorale is looking for a few people who want to sing. Chorale artistic director Rhodd Caldwell is scheduling private, individual auditions for Wednesday, Aug, 24 or Saturday, […]