Veterinarians and other experts conduct a necropsy on the stranded humpback whale near Yachats, Oregon. Credit: Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute/Craig Hayslip The entangled humpback whale that stranded near Yachats, Oregon, in November 2025 had several chronic diseases that likely contributed to the stranding. These are the results from the final necropsy report by the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the Gary R. Carlson, MD, College of Veterinary Med

Saturday, April 4th at around 2pm Newport police responded to a report of a two car crash that occurred on the Yaquina Bay Bridge causing weekend traffic to back up for over an hour and a half. According to Newport Police the driver of a Toyota Tacoma traveling north over the bridge drifted to the right and struck the northbound sidewalk on the bridge, then the truck bounced into the southbound lane.   The driver of the Tacoma over corrected and struck a green Chevrolet picku

On Monday, April 6, 2026, a woman was seen buying gasoline at a Circle K in Newport and then pouring it all over the Avery Building on NE Avery Street. This building is home to several government offices, including the Oregon Department of Human Services. When the police arrived, they found 45-year old Bridgette Sherman, from Eugene, standing near a 2-gallon gas can. The gas was all over the building and the sidewalk. They noticed a cigarette next to the can that was soaked i