On Saturday, September 19, 2026, at approximately 8:21 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 101 near milepost 122, near Salishan. OSP also received calls reporting a person walking in the roadway. The preliminary investigation indicated that a gray Chevrolet Colorado, operated by 61-year old Renee Ronilyn Wohlwend of Lincoln City, was traveling southbound near Gleneden Beach when the driver struck a pedestrian, identified as 41-

The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing pilot after a Beechcraft B95 aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean south of Yaquina Head Lighthouse near Nye Beach in Newport, Monday. The aircraft was carrying a 78-year-old male pilot who remains missing. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received the initial report at 12:54 p.m., and immediately dispatched search and rescue crews. Responding assets included two 47-foot motor lifeboats from Station Yaqui

The City of Newport has developed a long-term plan to investigate and address elevated bacteria levels identified at the Nye Creek outfall near Nye Beach. The Nye Creek watershed is an urban drainage basin that carries water through the City's stormwater system before discharging to the Pacific Ocean near the Nye Beach turnaround. Elevated bacteria levels in Nye Creek and at Nye Beach have been a concern for more than two decades, and extensive monitoring, testing, and inve