The Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition has announced that the new volunteer coordinator for the group’s CoastWatch Program is Jessica (Jesse) Jones. She replaces long-time coordinator Fawn Custer, who is stepping into a new role as CoastWatch citizen science trainer.
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A top White House advisor from the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy traveled to coastal Oregon this past week to learn from promising work being done to mitigate the opioid…
At a House Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill, the News Media Alliance debuted a new video, Legislation to Protect Local News, on efforts to protect the future of news publishers and high-…
The Coast Guard airlifted a hiker stranded on a rock piling at Ecola State Park, Wednesday night.
Two leading marine ecologists say now is the time for scientists to escalate the creation of “scalable solutions” to the ocean’s problems rather than just “documenting the tragedies underway.”
Single-use plastic bags for groceries, restaurant takeout and other retail items will be a thing of the past, under a bill approved by the Oregon Senate today.
Six people were injured after a pickup truck tumbled down an embankment on Forest Road. Authorities released the names of four people who were involved, identifying another two only as juveniles.
Oregon has the West Coast’s highest rate of vehicle-wildlife collisions, but road trips could soon be safer for both people and animals, thanks to new legislation signed by Gov. Kate Brown.
Many Lincoln City citizens may have noticed the clouds of smoke blanketing the sky east of town on June 4 on the way home from work. The Oregon Department of Forestry discovered that smoke was…
Put it back. That’s the advice you’re likely to hear if you bring a young wild animal home to “take care of it”—and you might get a warning or citation from Oregon State Police, too.
Many Lincoln City citizens may have noticed the clouds of smoke blanketing the sky east of town yesterday on the way home from work. The Oregon Department of Forestry discovered that smoke was…
A state trooper happened to be nearby when a pair of kayakers overturned on the Wilson River this past Thursday, May 30. The emergency was reported to 911 and the Oregon State Police trooper w…
A Beaverton man is dead after a fatal paragliding crash at the coast.
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The Coast Guard responded to a 738-foot motor vessel which ran aground on the Miller Sands Bar, east of Tongue Point, Sunday.
The Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM), Oregon Fire Service, natural resource agencies, Oregon licensed fireworks wholesalers and safety experts encourage Oregonians to “Keep it Legal and Kee…
The 'Blue Tide' is upon us, as beaches all along the Oregon Coast are strewn with an aquamarine layer of jelly-like organisms especially apparent at low tide. These are the innumerable bodies …
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Coast Guard crews medically evacuated a 55-year-old man reportedly suffering from a heart attack while captaining a commercial fishing vessel 20 miles west of Tillamook Bay on Thursday.
With wildfire season just around the corner, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is warning it is time to make sure that homes are ready to resist smoke, that people know how to tra…
The Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) recently announced that a Pacific Northwest legend was joining fire prevention activities statewide, particularly in the wildland urban interface…
U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) issued the following statement on the passing of State Sen. Jackie Winters (R-Salem)
A new report from the Oregon Employment Department finds the majority (33,000 or 57 percent) of those job openings were identified by businesses as difficult to fill.
At the opening of a town hall in Tillamook, Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley donated a flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol for an upcoming local Memorial Day ceremony.
A 2016 Oregon law allowing pharmacists to write birth control prescriptions is helping more women at risk for unintended pregnancies to use contraception, new research by Oregon State Universi…
