South Beach News

It's not a secret that Oregon is a great state to start a business. If you are a business owner in Lincoln County you know the challenges of staying open and staying solvent.

Newport is helping to revive the traditional thrill of finding Japanese glass floats along its beaches by offering visitors a chance to win similar floats.

Fishing boats line the eastern edge of Yaquina Bay in Newport. The new NOAA facility will be on South Beach, which is between the boats and the Yaquina Bay Bridge in the background.

A Newport man remains in critical condition after a serious collision Wednesday evening with what Newport Police say was an intoxicated wrongway driver without headlights.

A man with fractured legs, arm and pelvis was taken to a Portland hospital by air ambulance Wednesday evening after an intoxicated wrongway driver with her headlights off crashed head-on into his car on Highway 101, according to police.

It's on hotel billboards and real estate Web sites, overheard in restaurants and bars, and on the tips of almost everyone's tongues: NOAA is coming to Newport.

At the very northern end of Lane County sits this magnificent hidden spot. Now is when the big tourist season has completely kicked into full gear on the Oregon coast, with bundles of visitors to share the roads and lines at diners with.

No fish or animals were harmed in the making of this story. Much like Newport itself, the Oregon Coast Aquarium came through without a scratch during this recent tempest.

Most places in Oregon claim to have the biggest firework display on the Fourth of July.

The beginning of May means the beginning of wondrous weather on the coast, as the area starts to steer towards summer, while spring conditions still mean plenty of wild sights and that crazed, schizo kind of consistent change between sun and showers that puzzles tourists to the coast.

Registration begins at 12:30. The event is free and open to the public. Key speakers on "Bold Actions: Past and Future" include Dave Talbot, who was director of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in 1967 and advocated for keeping beaches public; State Rep.

Between Newport and Yachats sits a stretch of pristine sands that is immaculate as it is often far from the maddening crowds.

With a continued increased budget from last year, Newport's Fourth of July fireworks display will continue to be larger than previous years.