Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer

The Newport City Council appointed Jan Kaplan as mayor earlier this week.

Since 2016, Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer has posted racist memes mocking both the trans community and Mexicans. He's also made posts that joked about committing violence against women.

The glut of spring break tourists last weekend drove coastal communities to collectively limit reservations for hotels, RV parks, and vacation rentals…

More and more Oregon communities are stepping up efforts to curb COVID-19, and prepare for more cases. As KLCC’s Brian Bull reports, that includes…

With the commercial crab season soon winding down, Oregon fishermen would normally be preparing for the shrimp harvest. But Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer says…

A lawsuit has been filed against Newport’s mayor, following a July 8th plane crash. As KLCC’s Brian Bull reports, Mayor Dean Sawyer was the pilot.A…

The Mayor of Newport has been released from the hospital with minor injuries after crashing his plane yesterday.Emergency personnel responded to the…