Shayla Escudero

Oregon Coast Community College’s Aquarium Science building is undergoing a $2.3 million renovation, so some 150 animals had to be moved to the Hatfield Marine Science Center and Oregon Coast Aquarium.

The six-person jury trial in Lincoln County circuit court follows the highly publicized March 1, 2025, disappearance of two-year old Dane Paulsen from his parents’ property along the Siletz River.

The whale was likely dead for a couple weeks before it washed ashore south of South Beach State Park near Newport.

The city of Newport helped fend off an effort by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to land Oregon’s first and only immigration detention center at its airport.

The Lincoln County commission could have a new look in January as one incumbent was being knocked off in Tuesday’s historic primary election and another is fighting for his political life as vote-counting proceeds over the next week.

After two summers of paid parking meters at Newport’s Bayfront, the city is expanding the program to Nye Beach starting May 1.

Siletz Valley School could close in June for not complying with its charter agreement.

The Lincoln County School District is facing a $5 million shortfall in the estimated $86 million general fund budget that it will have to balance with an anticipated 19 staff reductions. It would be the district’s largest round of reductions in more than a decade.

Newport officials say the fight isn’t over until Immigration and Customs Enforcement can permanently promise that no detention center is coming to Newport.

The ban does not affect the city’s July 4 commercial fireworks show over Yaquina Bay.