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Newport Council Approves Paid Parking In Nye Beach
The Newport City Council has approved a new fee structure for public parking in the Nye Beach district, adopting a resolution that introduces metered spaces, time-limited free parking, permit options, and a tiered convenience fee for electronic payments. The measure, Resolution 20216, passed on a 6–1 vote, with councilor Hall abstaining after raising concerns about Sunday morning enforcement hours and the visual impact of new signage. Under the plan, the only metered area in
Portland Man Arrested After Threatening Family With A Gun
Early on March 21st, just after midnight, police and sheriff's deputies got a call about an intoxicated man, later identified as 44-year-old Johnson Rin from Portland, who was firing a handgun inside his condo on Bay Blvd. It was reported that Rin had threatened family members staying with him and then discharged the firearm, prompting the family—who included a young child—to escape and call for help. When authorities arrived, they quickly secured the area and learned that Ri
Two Arrested In Child Luring Investigation
On March 13, 2026, Mitchell Isham, a 58-year-old resident of McMinnville, was arrested after offering to meet with a minor for sex. Unbeknownst to Isham, the minor he initiated a sexually graphic conversation with was, in reality, an undercover officer posing as a minor. Isham was arrested and booked into the Lincoln County Jail for two counts of Luring a Minor and two counts of Online Sexual Corruption of a Child 2nd Degree. Also on March 13, 2026, Richard Brotherton, age
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