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Newport hospital becomes first small, rural Oregon hospital to use robotic-assisted surgery equipment
NEWPORT – Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital has become the first, small rural hospital in Oregon to acquire and implement robotic-assisted surgery equipment in one of its operating rooms. The da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery system has been in use at the Newport hospital since April, the hospital said in an...
“Bloom Newport” stages third annual event Saturday at Performing Arts Center
Visitors can experience the creativity, culture, cuisine, community and commerce of a thriving coastal town at Bloom Newport from 3-7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Now in its third year, the event features everything from live entertainment to community organizations, artisans, vendors, food, the ever-popular...
Oregon Friendly Driver Course May 15th at the Siuslaw Public Library
In partnership with Safe Lane Coalition, the City of Florence is offering an Oregon Friendly Driver Course in the Bromley Room of the Siuslaw Library on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. Light refreshments will be provided. The Oregon Friendly Driver Course is an easy...
I support OCCC’s plan for trades education center
As a longstanding resident of Lincoln County who is deeply invested in our community's welfare and education, I urge your support for Bond Measure 21-224 supporting OCCC’s plan to build a new trades education center. Maintaining a residence in our area poses unique challenges. We frequently rely on skilled professionals such as electricians, plumbers, well-pump maintenance experts, appliance repair technicians, and small engine mechanics (for chainsaws, etc.). They often can’t get to you for weeks because they don’t have enough qualified staff. In my conversations...
Headed to Hayward
Newport Newport’s Finn Collson is one, if not the best, distance runner for the 4A division in the state of Oregon. Collson ran away with the win in both the 1,500 meters (4:05.74) and 3,000 meters (9:05.95) races at the 4A-3 Oregon West Conference Championships hosted at Newport High School May 10-11. His finishes advanced...
Waldport council OKs seeking contractor to install specialty (and costly) playground surface at Southworth Park
WALDPORT – The city of Waldport is taking another small but expensive step to develop the playground centerpiece of Louis Southworth Park. The city council last week authorized city manager Dann Cutter to seek contractors to purchase and install a surface specially designed to go underneath a massive playground structure in the center of the new park.
Letter: Vote yes for libraries
Love your community library? It's a definite yes on Measure 21-222. Please remember to vote yes and support your local library system. At $9 per $100,000 assessed home value, it's one of the most effective ways to help our community. Where else can you find free books, videos, ebooks, computers and internet access, and access to materials around the state and the world? Plus free programs for children, teens, seniors and many other community groups? ...
Want your May primary ballot to count? Make sure you meet 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline
OK, now you have a deadline if you want to have your May primary election ballot counted. Ballots need to reach the Lincoln County clerk’s office by 8 p.m. Tuesday. To ensure they get counted, it’s probably best to drop them off at secure drop boxes at all city halls in the county or the county courthouse in Newport rather than put them in the mail — although a Tuesday postmark still means they still will be counted, but just later in the week.
Letter: Track team says ‘thank you’
The Toledo Jr/Sr High Track & Field team wants to give a huge shout out and heartfelt thank you to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz for their contribution fund that was awarded to the team in August 2023. With that money, we were able to purchase a new timing system, which enabled us to continue to host track meets during our spring season and opens doors to possibly hosting “all comer” meets in the summer for the county. We hope to share our love of this sport with many more individuals/athletes in our community. Once again, thank you Confederated Tribes of Siletz. Janet Lohonyay Toledo
Yachats budget committee wades through — and OKs — much of 2024-25 city spending plan
YACHATS – The city of Yachats’ finances are in good shape with several long-awaited projects about to begin and future plans – including a possible contract deputy from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office – accounted for in the proposed 2024-25 spending plan that its 10-member Budget Committee reviewed Thursday.
Digging for Ancestral Gold
Everyone has an amazing family history – but most have no clue how truly remarkable it is because they have never investigated their ancestors. Join Willamette Writers Coast Chapter and Laurence Overmire, author and genealogist on May 18 from 2:00-3:30 pm at the Newport Public Library to learn more about how to research your family tree, and how it can help in the writing of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, or poetry.
Rhododendron Drive Update
K&E Excavating plans to have work wrapped up this week on Thursday due to Rhody Days!. K&E Excavating completed the 24-inch core drilling of the Siuslaw Village Sewer Pump Station wet well for the new 18-inch gravity sewer line last week, they cleaned the existing stormwater lines in preparation for connecting the new lines, and they began relocating fire hydrants between 35th Street and New Hope Lane.
Oregon’s largest coastal earthquake drill held in Newport
LINCOLN , Ore. (KPTV) - On Wednesday, state and local leaders in Lincoln County gathered to give an inside look at how the state is poised for what they’re calling ‘Oregon’s largest coastal earthquake preparedness exercise.’. Representatives say a potential Cascadia earthquake could be catastrophic. “The first...
In Lincoln County, agencies prepare for Cascadia earthquake
Your browser does not support the audio element. Hundreds of people gathered over the last two days at the Newport Municipal Airport to practice setting up what’s called an Evacuation Assembly Point. The new equipment comes from the state Office of Resilience and Emergency Management, and contains tents, cots, medical supplies and food to create a central place for people who need to be airlifted to safety after an emergency on the coast, and also a staging place to receive incoming supplies. We talk to Ed Flick, Director of OREM, and Lincoln County Emergency Manager Samantha Buckley about how these kinds of events help prepare for big disasters that may be in our future.
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