The purpose of the program is to provide beach access for people facing mobility challenges. Anyone with mobility impairments including needing assistance with wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, canes, or crutches can use the chair
free of charge.
A small airplane owned by and registered to Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer crashed on the beach near the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse this evening, slightly injuring the pilot and two passengers.
A bicycle crashed into a car pulling onto Highway 101 in Newport around noon today, ejecting a ferret from a pet carrier and sending the domesticated weasel under the car.
The captain of the Mary B II had alcohol, methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system when the fishing vessel capsized in January at Yaquina Bay Bar, killing all three aboard, according to evidence presented Monday in Newport at the start of a U.S. Coast Guard investigation.
An 83-year-old male was hoisted to safety Monday near Newport after the U.S. Coast Guard received a request for assistance from a search and rescue crew.
“I still have no concept of time or what day it is or how I'm going to cope from one moment to the next, but talking about her helps,” said the mother of Newport High junior Chasity Sargent, who died last week from cardiac arrest after her teenage daughter's heart stopped suddenly at home.