Lincoln Chronicle

A humpback whale severely entangled in derelict fishing gear 20 miles offshore of Newport was freed by a team of experts and a local fisherman last week but is unlikely to survive because of damage to its jaw.

Seventeen years ago the Port of Newport won a contentious bidding war that moved the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific fleet operations center from Seattle to Newport.

The Oregon Marine Board voted unanimously Thursday to restrict the size of boat motors in a middle section of the Siletz River but delayed the new rule until after the fall salmon and winter steelhead seasons.

Oregon Coast Community College’s Aquarium Science building is undergoing a $2.3 million renovation, so some 150 animals had to be moved to the Hatfield Marine Science Center and Oregon Coast Aquarium.

The six-person jury trial in Lincoln County circuit court follows the highly publicized March 1, 2025, disappearance of two-year old Dane Paulsen from his parents’ property along the Siletz River.

All six Waldport council members easily fended off an attempt to recall them by a group aligned with the city’s mayor, according to the first release of special election results Monday night.

After years of analysis and work by consultants, Yachats’ planning commission and city council are working to finish proposals to amend rules that could allow for more types of housing across the city.

Lincoln County has completed the purchase of Don Lindly Park from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife two months after the state agreed to sell the 10-acre former RV park after ending plans to make it a major boat launch on the Alsea River.

A decision by the Trump administration to quickly dismantle a complex and massive array of underwater equipment that for 10 years has studied the ocean’s health has stunned and dismayed researchers in Newport and Corvallis.

The whale was likely dead for a couple weeks before it washed ashore south of South Beach State Park near Newport.

The Lincoln County clerk on Wednesday informed the city of Waldport that enough signatures had been verified to hold a recall election July 14 for six councilors.

Commissioners Casey Miller and Walter Chuck once again Wednesday could not agree on how or whom to appoint to fill the Position 2 seat that became vacant when Claire Hall died unexpectedly in January.