Garret Jaros

Union firefighters at Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue were given notice last week that potential layoffs loom for the cash-strapped agency.

The central Oregon coast is infused with federal money, has branches of many federal agencies and is home to its hundreds of its employees.

A Lincoln County grand jury found a Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy justified in his use of deadly force in November when he shot and killed a 38-year-old Waldport woman after she pointed an AK-47 assault rifle at him.

Fishermen with callused hands and vise-like grips worked steadily along Newport’s docks this week to prepare boats and gear in a final push before the opening of Oregon’s 2024-25 commercial Dungeness crab season.

There will be no clearcutting of trees above homes on Yachats’ south side – at least not for the next 25 years.

What began Sunday afternoon as a private celebration to honor the U.S. Marine Corps ended tragically for a Waldport woman with mental health issues after she confronted and then was shot and killed by a Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy.

Lincoln County commission chair Casey Miller has been restricted to working from home after an allegation he harassed and bullied county employees.

Waldport Mayor Greg Holland announced his immediate resignation from office on social media early Wednesday.

For three years police in Lincoln County could not do much when they came across someone in possession of a small amount of illegal drugs except issue a $100 citation and give the offender a number to call for help with substance abuse.

The idea of bringing a tourist-style trolley to Yachats rolled into town a year ago.