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Largest Cascadia exercise ever planned on coast
In the largest exercise of its kind ever on the Oregon coast, Lincoln County Emergency Management, in partnership with the Oregon Department of Human Services’ Office of Resilience and Emergency Management (OREM), city of Newport, Scappoose Fire District, Life Flight, Team Rubicon, and the United States Coast Guard, will host a two-day exercise to introduce and train first responders and volunteers in the deployment of the newest Evacuation Assembly Point (EAP), housed at the Newport Municipal Airport. On May 14 and 15, emergency management personnel...
This Week in History
25 years ago (1999) School security discussed in wake of Colorado shootings A tragic event of the magnitude of the school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, this week causes school administrators across the nation to evaluate their security procedures. The Lincoln County School District had already made changes following the fatal shooting about a year ago...
Child luring investigations lead to arrests
A multi law enforcement agency child luring investigation has led to the arrest of a Depoe Bay resident and a Salem man. Lincoln City Police, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Newport Police, Toledo Police, and Oregon State Police conducted the joint investigations into the child luring crimes in Lincoln County. April 18. Details of the arrests were revealed April 26. “During the investigations, officers posed as underage children on various online...
Traffic study on Newport’s Oceanview Drive
Traffic changes are coming to Newport’s Oceanview Drive, a popular city street that provides access to the Agate Beach Wayside and also serves as a bypass to a section of Highway 101. The Newport City Council, at its regular meeting on April 15, approved a plan to implement a number of traffic control changes, including reducing speed limits and installing speed humps at several locations. A speed hump differs from a speed bump in that it is wider and flat along the top, which doesn’t...
Five-way race for county commission seat
Five candidates are seeking election to Position 2 on the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners in the May 21 Primary Election. Appearing on the ballot are incumbent Claire Hall and challengers Don Gomez, Ryan Parker, Rick Beasley, and Tyrone (Ty) Halbrook. Hall was first elected to this position in 2004 and was re-elected in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020. If one of these candidates receives more than 50 percent of...
Lincoln, Tillamook counties to receive Secure Rural Schools Funds
Lincoln and Tillamook counties will share in $47.7 million being sent to Oregon in federal payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS) for schools and road maintenance, youth job training, wildfire prevention, watershed restoration and habitat conservation. Lincoln County will receive $1,298,614.26, and Tillamook County will see $662,760.56, allocated from the U.S. Forest Service, with more expected from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) soon, according to U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. ...
Coast Guard completes investigation into loss of Mary B II near Newport
The Coast Guard has completed its investigation into the January 8, 2019, loss of the Commercial Fishing Vessel MARY B II on the Yaquina Bay Bar near Newport, Oregon. The Coast Guard convened a Board of Investigation. The Board of Investigation held one public hearing session the week of May 13-17, 2019, in Newport, Oregon. A copy of the Report of Investigation into this casualty can be obtained at the following link: Marine Casualty Reports (uscg.mil). Safety information on bar crossings and hazards can be found on the Coast Guard’s District 13 Waterways Management website. Waterways Management (uscg.mil). To schedule a Coast Guard Fishing Vessel Safety Dockside Exam, contact Sector Columbia River at 503-572-3516; email FVSPortland@uscg.mil, or Sector Puget Sound at 206-217-6208; email SecSeaDispatch@uscg.mil.
Newport selects next city manager
After a lengthy interview process with four candidates, the Newport City Council on Friday, April 19, voted unanimously to offer Nina Vetter the position of city manager, pending contract negotiations. The interview process, facilitated by Jensen Strategies of Portland, occurred over four days last week. It included staff and community receptions and panel interviews by community leaders, peer public administrators, city department heads, and the city council. The council then...
It’s been a good season for Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet with strong prices and four more months to go
Oregon’s 2024-24 commercial Dungeness crab season is proving quite successful five months into the season. Fishermen have hauled in 23.8 million pounds of crab so far, accounting for a catch valued at $88.9 million during a season that typically runs from December to August. Crabbers were paid $85 million in 2022-23 and $91.5 million in 2021-22, which was a record.
New fair board members sought
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners is seeking applications from citizens interested in serving on the Lincoln County Fair Board. The fair board oversees the planning, preparation and production of the Lincoln County Fair and associated events and activities. The current three-member board is seeking additional board members to help build capacity and manage the annual fair event. Often referred to as a “working board,” potential applicants should be willing...
Central Oregon Coast fire board will survey district residents on possible station, equipment bond
WALDPORT – The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board will soon be asking district residents if they would support a bond ranging from $7 million to $10 million to either remodel its downtown Waldport fire station, buy equipment and build a new Five Rivers sub-station or construct a new station outside the tsunami zone.
10 most expensive homes sold on the northern Oregon coast, April 15-21
A house in Philomath that sold for $1.6 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales on the northern Oregon coast in the past week. In total, 41 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $536,924. The average price per square foot was $327.
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