The City of Newport invites community members to an open house to share input on a potential trolley system in Newport. The event will take place Tuesday, June 2, at 6 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, located at 777 W. Olive St. The City is exploring a tourist trolley program to make it easier to get around, reduce congestion, and enhance the visitor and local experience. This concept is being evaluated as a system that could connect Newport’s key business districts, ope

The U.S. Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of a 74-year-old Canadian citizen aboard a disabled sailing vessel 489 miles off the coast of Tillamook, Oregon, Tuesday May 26,2026. A cruise ship diverted 120 miles to rescue the distressed mariner. On Monday, U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District watchstanders received a distress relay from Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Victoria, Canada, reporting a mariner who sustained a shoulder injury after his 29-foot sailing vessel, Ali

On Wednesday May 27th, 2026, at approximately 6:15 pm, Newport officers responded to a residence on NW 54th Street on the report of an armed subject, later identified as 49-year old Dominic R. Fashbaugh, of Newport, being at the location without permission. Newport Officers responded to the area and began gathering additional information. Officers learned Fashbaugh was known by the homeowner, who was currently out of town, but did not have the homeowner’s permission to be at