Saturday Feb 6 | Beach Connection
Winners in Oregon Coast Memory Contest Announced
The Destination Newport Committee recently ran a contest on the Discover Newport website called the Newport Memory Derby.
Business Plan Pro training on the Oregon Coast
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 giving away glass floats this winter; register to win
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.
GAO denies one appeal of NOAA move to Newport; Bellingham, Wash., appeal still active
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.
Woman charged with DUII in wrongway traffic crash; victim in critical condition
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.
Police: Drunk wrong-way driver hits oncoming car head-on
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.
Far from the Maddening Oregon Coast Crowds
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.

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