Oregon Coast

Anticipating a hot and dry Fourth of July, the Newport city council voted this week to ban personal fireworks this summer.

Advocates for Oregon’s fishing industry say cuts to the federal workforce and global trade tensions could hurt a sector already contending with low domestic demand.

With national policy obviously out of the hands of local and state officials, tourism industry executives and others are now racing to figure out how widespread — and potentially damaging — any dramatic drop off of Canadian visitors could be.

The imminent departure of two Rite Aid pharmacies in Newport and Lincoln City has added some urgency to potential plans by Samaritan Health Services to open its second pharmacy in Lincoln County.

There are over 1,000 tide gates in Oregon, preventing the ocean from flooding valuable agricultural land. Many were installed more than 70 years ago. And now, they're at risk of failure. But replacing them isn't easy.

Six candidates are running for three seats on the Lincoln County School District Board.

Investigators are searching for a person of interest in the stabbing of an elephant seal pup earlier this year along the Oregon Coast.

Thousands of gray whales now migrating north from Baja California are in such poor shape and so few calves were born this winter that researchers and others worry they may be witnessing another die-off.

One week after she was removed as Waldport’s mayor, Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies cited Heide Lambert for disorderly conduct Thursday when she came to a city council meeting and refused to leave the seat normally occupied by the city’s top elected official.

A few Oregon Coast lawmakers have asked the state to consider educating children about the fishing industry and serving local seafood in public schools.

The agency says there were nearly 54 million day-use visits last year.

Firings and layoffs of federal workers by the Trump administration are likely to have marked effects on the economies of Oregon’s north coast counties, particularly in Lincoln County.