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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek appointed Jenna Wallace as Lincoln County’s next district attorney on Friday as Lanee Danforth’s resignation takes effect six months before the end of her troubled four-year term.
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Lincoln County’s embattled district attorney announced Monday she will resign June 21 and that she has asked the Oregon Department of Justice to come in and help run the office.
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The Oregon Health Authority on Thursday, June 6, lifted a public health advisory for contact with ocean water at D River Beach, in Lincoln County.
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The biggest challenge for Lincoln County’s newly elected district attorney may not be prosecuting bad guys but finding and keeping attorneys on her staff.
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Wallace will be next Lincoln County district attorney; Hall and Beasley in November runoff; all money measures passing
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Partners around the state held an earthquake preparedness drill on Wednesday at the Newport Municipal Airport.
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Emergency Management personnel from around the state are meeting on May 14 for the largest Cascadia Earthquake drill ever held on the Oregon Coast.
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This month, Lincoln County voters will have a choice of who replaces Lanee Danforth, the one-term district attorney whose term has been marked by office turmoil and turnover, public clashes with county commissioners, and a federal lawsuit by a former deputy district attorney.
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A measure on the May 21 ballot asks voters in coastal Lincoln County to renew a funding measure to support the library district.
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Lincoln County voters are being asked to approve a $33.1 million bond levy to build a Trades Education Center at Oregon Coast Community College in Newport.
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For decades, Newport drivers have paid 1 cent a gallon at the pump in the winter and spring and 3 cents in the summer and fall. In May, voters will be asked if they’re willing to pay 5 cents-a-gallon year round.
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Eugene-based McKenzie River Trust has partnered with a nature preserve and learning center east of Newport to protect a large swath of forest and wetlands in perpetuity.