Toledo News

ELK CITY, Ore. - Had it been located anywhere else, Elk City could easily have gone by the wayside as have most small towns of the West, backwater hamlets that have fallen into disarray to become known only to an occasional history buff who out of idle curiosity pokes through a pile of rotting boards, rusting metal, crumbling brick or stone to ask, ...

Besides being famous for the $5 breakfasts at McBaron's Tavern and the movie Sometimes a Great Notion, Toledo, Ore., hosts some major industries - all having to do with logging or shipping.

It's a good thing I'm not married because I would have been forced to lie to my wife about where I was having breakfast every morning while I was in Elk City.

The proposed coking plant along the East Toledo-Oregon border receives a private infusion of cash to move forward on the next phase of it's engineering study.

The affected areas are Highway 20 near Toledo, I-84 between Baker and Lagrande, and Burns, where a fatal crash scene is now clear.

Toledo, Oregon is a laid back little town about 11 miles from the coastal town of Newport, Oregon.

The City of Toledo came up empty-handed Friday night in its attempt for aA fourth All-American City award from theA National Civil League's A 60th Annual All-American City awards in Tampa, a former city spokesperson said.

Oregon Mayor Marge Brown and Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner say the only thing stopping the coking plant from being built is a board ruling by the EPA.

A woman who didn't want to let a thief get away with her purse was dragged about 100 feet by the man's car Saturday afternoon, deputies said.

A truck accident on NB I-280 just past the Starr Ave. exit at the Toledo-Oregon border is forcing traffic to find an alternate route.

It's SeaFest time again soon. The Hatfield Marine Science Center's annual open house and community festival will take place on Saturday, June 27, at the center's 49-acre campus in the South Beach area of Newport.

A little after midnight on New Year's Eve, in a joint called Hoover's in South Beach, my old Oregon writing mentor died.

The central Oregon coast is about to hit high gear. May sees a bundle of events descend upon the town known as the "Dungeness Crab Capital of the World." But there's much more to do than seafood in Newport, with a variety of music, theater, literary and outdoor events.

DEPOE BAY, Ore. - The killer whales have arrived on the central Oregon coast. Orcas start showing up in spring on the central coast around April 15, lingering for approximately a month, until the middle of May.

It's Killer Whale season again on the Oregon coast, and they have started showing up.

Toledo, Ore., is a finalist for the 2009 All-America City Award. The award is given by the National Civic League to the top 10 cities for outstanding civic accomplishments.

The Environmental Protection Agency said today it will monitor for air toxics around 62 U.S. schools, including two schools each in Oregon and Washington.

A car went off Highway 101 and hit a tree, trapping two people inside. Firefighters got the two teenage victims out of the vehicle and to the hospital.

OSP Fish & Wildlife Division still has about 65 crab pots stored at the OSP Newport office while troopers continue to find their owners.

An Oregon skipper pleaded guilty to stealing 175 commercial crab pots at the close of last year's Dungeness crab season and was sentenced to four months in jail.