Lincoln Chronicle

The owner of the Alsi hotel in the Bayshore community just north of Waldport told city officials Thursday he would not sign a lodging agreement to house federal immigration officers.

After community opposition and negotiations, Waldport says Bayshore hotel owner agrees not to rent to immigration agents

Garret Jaros

The owner of the Alsi Resort Hotel in Bayshore has agreed not to sign a contract to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after an hour-long negotiation Thursday with the Waldport city manager.

Politics & Government

Federal attorneys now say Coast Guard helicopter will remain in Newport until spring and then could be moved

When U.S. Department of Justice attorneys appear in federal court Monday in Eugene, they will argue that Newport Fishermen’s Wives, Lincoln County and the state of Oregon shouldn’t be allowed to interfere in routine and temporary operations as to when, where and how the Coast Guard deploys its rescue helicopters.

Work areas at the Port of Newport are filled with crab pots being prepared for the 2025-26 season.

Economy & Business

Commercial Dungeness season delayed until at least Dec. 16, ODFW announces Friday, to wait for Washington improvements

Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed coastwide until at least Dec. 16, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday.

An industrial building. A sign on the side reads "Rogue Nation World Headquarters."

Economy & Business

Rogue Ales abruptly closes its Newport operations and restaurants Friday; owes hundreds of thousands in rent and taxes

Shayla Escudero

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.

Three people sitting at a dais during a public meeting.

Politics & Government

Lincoln County Commissioners formally name Claire Hall — and the next chair — as acting administrator but will seek interim help

Shayla Escudero

Lincoln County commissioners have officially recognized commission chair Claire Hall as the acting county administrator despite a recall threat and ongoing health issues that have kept her out of the office for two months.

Coastal visitors were already lining the sidewalk overlooking the Spouting Horn in Depoe Bay on Tuesday even before the start of three days of King Tides began.

Environment

Marketing of season’s King Tides bringing more and more people to the central Oregon coast to witness the waves

The King Tides making their seasonal splash along the Oregon coast are anything but new.

Christine Jamison, leader of the effort to recall Lincoln County Commissioner Claire Hall hands completed petition signatures to a county clerk’s office employee Monday.

Politics & Government

Group seeking to recall county commissioner Claire Hall turns in 1,000 more signatures than needed Monday

Shayla Escudero

A petition to recall Lincoln County Commissioner Claire Hall carrying 4,882 signatures made its way to the county clerk for verification Monday.

Supporters of Dane Paulsen’s family tied green ribbons to the railing of the Ojalla Bridge over the Siletz River as a memorial to the boy, who lived nearby.

Crime, Law & Justice

Father of 2-year-old Siletz boy who drowned last March indicted for second-degree child neglect

Shayla Escudero

The father of a 2-year-old boy who drowned in the Siletz River in March after last being seen playing in his yard has been charged with neglect.

Part of the forest in Yakona Nature Preserve on the south edge of Yaquina Bay is shrouded in fog and covered in moss as the land is left to its natural state.

Education

Oregon Coast CC announces plans to team with Yakona Nature Preserve to offer natural resources degree

Oregon Coast Community College plans to launch a natural resources program in partnership with Yakona Nature Preserve and pending several higher education approvals, intends to start taking students next fall.

People sitting at a dais. Someone is sitting at a table in front of the dais.

Politics & Government

Routine Lincoln County commission session takes a chaotic turn during end-of-meeting public comment period

Shayla Escudero

Wednesday’s Lincoln County commission meeting turned chaotic and tearful after a routine bi-monthly meeting was followed by heated public comment.

Lincoln County District Attorney Jenna Wallace advocates for hiring freeze exceptions in her department during the public comment at the end of the Oct. 1 county commission meeting. The 33 member department has nine positions affected by the hiring freeze.

Politics & Government

Oregon Ethics Commission votes unanimously to conduct full investigation of Lincoln County commissioners’ hiring decisions

Lincoln County commissioners may have broken several public meeting laws when deciding what positions to exempt from their budget-triggered hiring freeze, according to a review by Oregon Government Ethics Commission staff.

Hatfield Marine Science Center resident director Makenzie Morales loads boxes onto a cart this week as she and about 10 others move into Hatfield’s newly constructed apartment complex in the Wilder neighborhood in South Beach.

Housing & Homelessness

College students begin move into Hatfield center’s new $16.5 million apartment complex in South Beach

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.