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Port of Newport Appoints New Commissioner
The Port of Newport has a new voice at the table. In a special meeting on Thursday, February 12, 2026, commissioners unanimously selected Larry Osborne to fill Position 4 on the port commission, choosing him from a field of two candidates, Mr. Osborne and Allie Anderson after a public interview process. Osborne was selected to fill a vacancy created by the recent resignation, of Jeff Lackey. Osborne introduced himself not as a politician, but as a lifetime practitioner of pub
Agenda Dispute Raises Questions About Who Sets Lincoln County Commission Meeting Topics
A procedural dispute has emerged at the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners (BOC) after none of the agenda items submitted by Commissioner Casey Miller for the Feb. 18 regular meeting were included on the agenda published by staff, while an item submitted by Commissioner Walter Chuck was scheduled for discussion. Miller submitted a Feb. 13 request asking that several topics be placed on the agenda for the meeting he is scheduled to chair under the Board’s Jan. 7 rotating-C
Toledo Supports Crabbing Industry
The Toledo City Council convened a special meeting the evening of February 11, 2026, to take up a single question: whether to formally oppose proposed changes to Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab regulations that local leaders say could devastate the coast’s fishing-dependent economy. The Port of Toledo had asked the council to consider adopting a letter of opposition to new guidelines being floated by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). At the heart of the is
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