Newport

Lincoln County leaders are offering a virtual information session Friday for workers affected by last week's sudden closure of the Rogue Brewery in Newport, Astoria, Salem, and Portland.

Rogue Brewing, which has been operating in Newport since 1989 but owes $545,000 in rent to the Port of Newport, abruptly closed all of its businesses Friday.

Sen. Ron Wyden said efforts are needed to help food banks recover after delay in SNAP benefit releases, and said he and other Oregon lawmakers will fight an ICE detention center in Newport.

Hundreds of community members showed up Wednesday evening for a special meeting of the Newport City Council to offer public comment on the potential new ICE facility to be located at the Newport Municipal Airport.

It’s the latest sign U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning a major new facility in Newport on the Oregon Coast.

A letter to the City of Newport last week suggested that unspecified federal operations are planned for December.

If it is a detention center, it would be the first of its kind in Oregon.

The Nye Beach Book House, Newport's only bookstore, is set to close in mid-November.

A research summit in Newport has been postponed because of the federal government shutdown.

The university is living up to its promise as OSU and Oregon Coast Community College students and university staff begin moving into the 34,000-square-foot 77-unit building.

The project will help boost funding for the Oregon Agricultural Trust, which prevents farmland from being used for other purposes.

Central Lincoln PUD is building a $26.5M earthquake-resistant headquarters in Newport to ensure power reliability after a Cascadia quake. The new facility boosts coastal resilience and meets top seismic safety standards.