By JAMES NEFF/Oregon Journalism Project During commercial breaks this television season, viewers were likely to spy a Muppet-like beaver leading delighted visitors on a snowshoe hike past Mount Hood […]
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Oregon State Parks officials soon deciding fate of 150-year-old “Yaquina Muscle Tree” in Newport
By KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Anyone driving into Yaquina Bay State Recreation Area will see a majestic Sitka spruce standing in the middle of the road, overlooking […]
Caught in Trump and Europe’s tariff wars, USDA announces $16 million purchase of Oregon pink shrimp
By ALEJANDRO FIGUEROA/Oregon Public Broadcasting In a regular season, commercial fishing boats on the Oregon coast set out at the beginning of April to catch Pacific pink shrimp to […]
25-year plan for Yachats Commons/city center area takes shape, now heads to commission and council
By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS – Designing a vision of what a Yachats civic campus might look like 25 years into the future is not easy but after months […]
Big crowd anticipating fireworks at Waldport city council instead get calm meeting focused mostly on business
By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle WALDPORT – Some who attended Waldport’s city council meeting Thursday said they “had come to watch the fireworks” and others “to see the show” after […]
Despite lots of vocal opposition, county commission chair says idea of limiting public comment still alive
By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – A proposal to limit public comment at Lincoln County commission meetings is still alive despite a wave of opposition Wednesday – including from […]
Yachats’ proposed 2025-26 budget rising 14 percent as multiple long-planned city projects get under way
By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS – If the city of Yachats’ proposed 2025-26 budget were a person they would be wearing a hard hat and boots and working from […]
Nurses union, 3 lawmakers urge Samaritan Health not to close maternity units in Lincoln City, Lebanon
By LYNNE TERRY/The Lund Report Dozens of residents and health care professionals held a last-minute rally called by the Oregon Nurses Association on Wednesday in Corvallis over the specter […]
Find a float and charitable foundation will spread $129,000 among dozens of Lincoln County organizations
By Oregon Coast TODAY Finding a glass float on a Lincoln City beach is already a special experience, but from June 1-14 a found float will have even more […]
80th Fleet of Flowers event on Memorial Day honors those people lost off central Oregon coast
By Oregon Coast TODAY Combining deep community ties with the gorgeous pageantry of floral wreaths floating on the water in front of Depoe Bay Harbor, the Fleet of Flowers […]
5 Questions and a Secret: You may have seen him flying over central coast beaches, now meet Josh Norris
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/Lincoln Chronicle Every time Josh Norris launches his paraglider he is filled with reverence, wonder and exhilaration. He feels that flying actually grounds him, helping him to […]