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  • Wicked weather pounds coast: First major winter storm spawns lightning, hail, snow and a tornado

    Newport News-Times – Tue Nov 10, 11:40 am ET  

    As the first major storm of the winter season bore down on the Oregon coast, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials last Thursday were warning even the most derring-do storm watchers to “sit this one out,” and telling folks to stay off jetties and out of the water. Full Story »

  • Let the foam fly

    Newport News-Times – Tue Nov 10, 11:40 am ET  

    A storm surge at high tide on Friday sent waves crashing and seafoam flying at the seawall at the Nye Beach turnaround in Newport. Although blustery winds are expected to die down after today (Tuesday), forecasters are predicting rain to continue throughout the week. Full Story »

  • Energized PUD unveils ‘new’ Toledo substation

    Newport News-Times – Tue Nov 10, 11:25 am ET  

    The Central Lincoln People’s Utility District energized its newly modernized “smart grid substation” near downtown Toledo on Friday, in festivities that included Central Lincoln Board Member Larkin Kaliher, General Manager Paul Davies, County Commissioners Bill Hall and Terry Thompson, and City of Toledo City Councilor Mary Young, City Manager Michelle Amberg, and City Events Coordinator Celeste ... Full Story »

  • Mediation month begins in county

    Newport News-Times – Tue Nov 10, 11:25 am ET  

    Lincoln County residents who need help resolving a conflict or dispute with another party can find assistance with volunteer mediators from Lincoln Community Dispute Resolution. Full Story »

  • Scientists swarm to new faults

    Newport News-Times – Tue Nov 10, 11:25 am ET  

    Oregon State University scientists are still assembling the pieces of a puzzle nature created for them in 2008, when they recorded a swarm of earthquakes in an area not known for high seismic activity. Full Story »

  • Voters approve funding measures

    Newport News-Times – Fri Nov 6, 12:55 pm ET  

    Lincoln County voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved five-year tax levies for both the Lincoln County Animal Shelter and the Lincoln County Library District. Full Story »

  • Port to secure NOAA funding

    Newport News-Times – Fri Nov 6, 12:55 pm ET  

    Port of Newport commissioners approved a resolution Wednesday to secure additional interim financing to cover the costs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) homeport project. Full Story »

  • Man seriously injured after head-on crash

    Newport News-Times – Fri Nov 6, 12:55 pm ET  

    A Waldport man suffered serious injuries when the car he was driving was stuck head on by another vehicle at around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Planned water park still floating

    Newport News-Times – Fri Nov 6, 12:54 pm ET  

    Friends of Oregon Coast Aquatic Park (FOCAP) were discouraged when their efforts to purchase a piece of property in Newport’s South Beach neighborhood were derailed after the foreclosure auction was postponed twice, then the property sold out from under them to a then-unknown third party. Full Story »

  • Time to get crackin’: Crabbers wait to see if they’ll feel the pinch or prosper during the 2009 Dungeness season

    Newport News-Times – Fri Nov 6, 12:54 pm ET  

    The crabs are definitely ready. With the Dec. 1 opening of the 2009 Dungeness crab season looming, things “are looking really good,” said Mitch Vance, shellfish project leader for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)’s Marine Resources Program at Hatfield Marine Science Center. Full Story »

  • Media task force rejects city policy

    Newport News-Times – Wed Nov 4, 11:25 am ET  

    A committee of city government and local media representatives rejected a proposed policy that would have allowed the City of Newport to say which media outlets were allowed to have representatives in closed executive sessions. Full Story »

  • Moored vessel sinks

    Newport News-Times – Wed Nov 4, 11:24 am ET  

    Fisherman George Morford said he “kind of ran out of luck” the past few years. His luck hit bottom - literally - Sunday morning when his vessel, the Helen McColl, scuttled herself while moored at Port Dock 5 in Yaquina Bay. Full Story »

  • Schaak strikes a plea deal with DA

    Newport News-Times – Wed Nov 4, 11:24 am ET  

    Alleged elder abuser Betty Schaak appeared before Lincoln County Circuit Court Judge Sheryl Bachart on Tuesday and entered an Alford plea to Criminal Mistreatment II, a misdemeanor, with diversion. Full Story »

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