OREGON COAST BREAKING NEWS

The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) has confirmed a more than $1.41 billion revenue surplus in the 2023-2025 biennium, triggering a tax surplus credit, or “kicker,” for the 2025 tax year.The surplus will be returned to taxpayers through a credit on their 2025 state personal income tax returns filed in 2026. It is not sent to taxpayers in a check. The kicker credit will either increase a taxpayer's Oregon state income tax refund or decrease the amount of state taxes t

photo by ODFW Mussel harvesting is now open coastwide from the Washington border to the California border the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. Marine biotoxin levels tested below the alert level. People should  always  call the Shellfish Safety Hotline at 1-800-448-2474  before  heading out to harvest any shellfish or visit the  ODA Recreational Shellfish Biotoxin Closures Webpage . Current recreational shellfish har

Workers at Rogue Brewery showed up to work on Friday morning November 14th to find out that the company had closed its operations. The company started in 1988 by Jack Joyce , Rogue’s founder and started out in Ashland, and then relocated their brewery to Newport. Rogue became behind in their lease payments to the Port of Newport for the last year and owes the Port over $500,000 and is also behind in their property taxes. The port has been working with Rogue management over th

At an emotional special Newport city council meeting on November 12th over 1,300 from around Lincoln County and beyond voiced unified and passionate opposition to a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Newport, as well as the recent, unannounced removal of the Coast Guard helicopter serving the region. The meeting opened with a factual statement from City Manager Nina Vetter, “We a Number one, at the Newport Municipal Airport, there is a piece of pr

The Lincoln County Clerk informed the City of Waldport that the recall petitions for the six council members failed to meet the legal petition recall requirements. The county determined that ORS 260.567, which prohibits the modification of the petition signature lines by other than the signer, was violated, which invalidated the petitions. According to chief petitioner Tony Thimakis, in a letter dated November 10, 2025, Lincoln County Clerk, Amy Southwell states that after sh

State Representative David Gomberg on Wednesday November 12th, continued to express concern about the removal of US Coast Guard (USCG) air rescue operations from the Newport Municipal Airport. “Rapid response in a marine emergency is a matter of life and death in our cold waters,” said Gomberg. “Removal of air operations from Newport, with no notice, could not have come at a worse time with weather turning and the crab season beginning.”   The sole USCG helicopter stationed i