NEWPORT – Have opinions and comments about Samaritan Health Services’ operations in Lincoln County – from Waldport to Newport to Lincoln City? Now is the time to speak up. Samaritan […]
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Oregon Coast CC offers last of summer’s “on the spot” admissions Thursday, Aug. 25
NEWPORT – Oregon Coast Community College is staging its last “on the spot” admissions event of the summer from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 at the college’s central campus in […]
Three Otis men die Monday in Highway 101 crash near Salishan
GLENEDEN BEACH – Three men from Otis were killed Monday when a small SUV collided with a dump truck on U.S. Highway 101 just south of Salishan. Oregon State Police […]
Four authors will sign their works this weekend at Toad Hall in Yachats
YACHATS — Yachats resident David Rivinus will be among a quartet of Oregonians authors who will be signing books from 1-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20-21 at the Toad […]
Five farms featured in 12th annual Yachats tour Saturday, Aug. 13
YACHATS — The 12th annual tour of the farms and ranches along the Yachats River Road will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 featuring […]
Applications for commercial fall matsutake picking now available
WALDPORT — Applications for matsutake mushroom collection permits for the Central Coast Ranger District of the Siuslaw National Forest are open. Every year, 100 commercial-use permits are available on a […]
Two COCF&R firefighters deploy with Lincoln County crews to Wasco County wildfire
WALDPORT – For the first time in three years, Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue added a two-man crew to a Lincoln/Tillamook county firefighting task force rushing to help fight […]
Yachats area gets only a little rain in July, but water supply in very good shape
YACHATS – It rained just a tiny bit in July – as usual – but prodigious spring rains has the city’s water supply in very good shape for the driest […]
Tidewater man dies Saturday after car crash near Mapleton
A 24-year-old Tidewater man died Saturday at a Lane County hospital following a two-vehicle crash Thursday on Oregon Highway 126 near Mapleton. Oregon State Police said that Timothy Cooper died […]
Grass fire along Alsea River in Waldport covers two acres before extinguished Saturday
WALDPORT – Firefighters from Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue and five other agencies snuffed out a two-acre grass fire between the Alsea River and Commercial Street Saturday afternoon. […]