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Lincoln County, Oregon
LCSD budget tightens following declining enrollment JEREMY C. RUARK Lincoln County Leader
Budget adjustments are in the works as the Lincoln County School District Budget Committee reviews a
proposed $89,737,618 general fund budget submitted by LCSD Superintendent Majalise Tolan, which includes staffing reductions reflecting declining enrollment and higher operating
coats. State school funding is primarily based on student enrollment. Fewer students results in less state funding. The enrollment reduction will affect the district in 2025-26 unless
enrollment projections increase next year. The largest enrollment losses are in the primary grades, specifically kindergarten, according to Tolan. The 2024-25 total estimated LCSD expenditures
are $172,537,208, which is an increase of $11,504,806 from the 2023-2024 budget. Estimated Revenues: • State School Fund (SSF) for 2024-25: $22,763,459;
• Local Property Taxes: $45,781,913; • Other Local Revenue in SSF Formula: $1,463,240. The General Fund See BUDGET, page A7
Preparing for a major disaster STEVE CARD Lincoln County Leader
In the largest event of its kind ever on the Oregon coast, a two-day exercise was held May 14 and 15 to introduce and train first responders and volunteers in the deployment of the newest Evacuation Assembly Point (EAP), housed at the Newport Municipal Airport. The training was coordinated by the Oregon Department of Human Services’ Office of Resilience and Emergency Management (OREM) in partnership with Lincoln County Emergency Management and a variety of other agencies. The purpose was to simulate an emergency, such as a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and ensuing tsunami, where first responders had an opportunity to set up, test, and See DISASTER, page A6
Two-day exercise held at Newport Airport to train first responders
A two-day exercise to train first responders and volunteers in the deployment of the newest Evacuation Assembly Point (EAP), housed at the Newport Municipal Airport, was held on May 14 and 15. (Courtesy photos)
Coast Guard and Life Flight helicopters took part in an emergency response drill held at the Newport Municipal Airport last week.
A drone is used to demonstrate how packages could be moved during a time of emergency.
Homicide Newport awards contract for demolition work investigation results in arrest STEVE CARD Lincoln County Leader
JEREMY C. RUARK Lincoln County Leader
A Milwaukee resident has been killed, and a local transient was arrested and charged with murder. Officers with the Lincoln City Police Department responded to a report of an assault in the parking lot of the Ashley Inn at 3430 NE Highway 101 at approximately 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. “Officers arriving at the scene found one male,
This building in Newport’s Deco District (city center) at one time housed three separate businesses. It was purchased by the Newport Urban Renewal Agency and is slated for demolition to make way for new development. (Photo by Steve Card)
A contract for the demolition of buildings on three different sites in Newport was awarded recently by the Newport City Council, acting in its capacity as the Local Contract Review Board. The property had been acquired by the Newport Urban Renewal Agency for the purpose of redevelopment, and in preparation for that to happen, existing structures at those locations need to be removed. The contract for the See DEMOLITION, page A7
See HOMICIDE, page A8
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