Lincoln Chronicle

Several chronic diseases were detected in the juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore tangled in commercial crabbing lines on the beach north of Yachats last November.

If all goes as planned, the skeleton — after help from scientists and specialists from around the world — will be fully reassembled in May outside the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, completing a journey from surf to scientific centerpiece.

Siletz Valley School could close in June for not complying with its charter agreement.

The Lincoln County School District is facing a $5 million shortfall in the estimated $86 million general fund budget that it will have to balance with an anticipated 19 staff reductions. It would be the district’s largest round of reductions in more than a decade.

Petitioners seeking to recall Mayor Heide Lambert announced Tuesday they were aborting their effort.

Newport officials say the fight isn’t over until Immigration and Customs Enforcement can permanently promise that no detention center is coming to Newport.

Tyler Holloway’s mother wants the state and Lane County to pay $12.5 million for her son’s death.

The ban does not affect the city’s July 4 commercial fireworks show over Yaquina Bay.

Twenty-two people applied to fill Claire Hall’s position on the Lincoln County commission, but five weeks after her death the two remaining members still can’t agree on a single one to interview.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. got a standing ovation before he uttered a word Saturday and left a one-hour town hall to applause after repeatedly urging an audience of 350 to resist actions of the Trump administration.

The start of Lincoln County’s first commission meeting of the year was somber as two commissioners recognized the sudden death Sunday of their colleague, Claire Hall.

In a statement issued Monday morning, the county said Hall passed away late Sunday night at Providence Hospital in Portland after a brief illness.