Oregon Coast

Newport officials say they’re working as quickly as they can to fix a leak that’s diverted wastewater into Yaquina Bay.

2024 saw the highest number of sea turtle strandings the state has seen in any given year, and twice what the state has recorded in previous years.

Newport is hoping to revitalize its city center. One idea on the table involves a complete overhaul of Highway 101.

Gray Whales are making their annual southward migration this winter.

The Dec. 14 re-opening celebration caps a decade-long effort to expand and improve the Newport Performing Arts Center.

Fishermen with callused hands and vise-like grips worked steadily along Newport’s docks this week to prepare boats and gear in a final push before the opening of Oregon’s 2024-25 commercial Dungeness crab season.

Lane County has installed a six-foot-wide temporary path at Heceta Beach that connects the parking area to the beach. It’s part of an effort to make the coast more accessible.

The federal government has published the details of an offshore wind auction. Companies are bidding on who will get to deploy the first floating wind turbines off the coast of Southern Oregon.

The idea of bringing a tourist-style trolley to Yachats rolled into town a year ago.

The spike in fatalities along Highway 20 between Newport and Philomath has not gone unnoticed by state highway officials, police agencies and anyone who drives it.

As Oregon Coast communities are increasingly dominated by tourism, many long-term residents are struggling with housing instability, and homelessness.

Some council members fear the amount of work they’re doing for free is preventing parents and people of color from running for office.