Newport News-Times

With an eye to continuing funding to keep the fledgling air service connecting Newport to Portland going, the City of Newport has applied for a $4.2-million Connect Oregon III grant. Full Story »

A minor sewage leak caused by heavy rain in early November didn’t help higher-than-normal levels of fecal bacteria that required the city to post signs warning against contact with the water at Nye Beach, but the problem existed before the sewage spill occurred, said Public Works Director Lee Ritzman. Full Story »

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC)’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement pertaining to its plan for fishing quotas in the Pacific Coast groundfish trawl fishery is open to public review and comment until Jan. 18, 2010. Full Story »

Toledo has for some time served as a training and proving ground for police officer recruits, who then move on to “bigger and better things” in terms of pay and benefits. Full Story »

Quinn Phillips, left above, 15 (“Almost 16,” he said), and the rest of the crews from the F/V Turning Point and F/V Sea Star, show off some of their first day catch of Dungeness crabs at the Port of Newport loading dock Tuesday afternoon. Full Story »

A one-year effort involving participants from the public and private sectors has yielded a draft of the Toledo Waterfront Connectivity Plan, which Consultant Project Manager Shelley Oylear, from Corvallis-based Parametrix, presented to the city council during its Nov. 18 regular session. Full Story »

A cast of crabbers should head out after 8 a.m. today (Saturday) for the traditional 64-hour crab pot “pre-soak” as the commercial Dungeness crab season tacks toward its Dec. 1 opening. Full Story »

Just days after Waldport radio station KORC AM 820 had been disassembled after the owners could not find a buyer, a last minute deal breathed new life into the south county’s only radio station. Full Story »

Lincoln City Councilor Tim Crenshaw didn’t need two extra weeks to consider his future with the city’s top governing body. The only course of action open to him was to step down. Full Story »

Salvation Army bell ringer Maston McMillan, of Siletz, greeted early morning “Black Friday” shoppers at Fred Meyer in Newport. Friday marks the kickoff of the holiday shopping season. It’s also a time when Salvation Army donation kettles and Angel Trees are placed throughout the community to help those in need. Full Story »