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Congratulations Classes of 2025 Fireworks can be sold,
but not used in Newport STEVE CARD Lincoln County Leader
The Newport City Council took action last week to ban the use of retail fireworks within the city, even though the sale of fireworks will still be allowed. Due to fire danger concerns, the city council unanimously voted on Monday, June 2, to
Graduation ceremonies were held around Lincoln County last week as communities honored their Class of 2025 at the various schools. Above, Siletz High School graduates, during their commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, hand out roses to friends and loved ones who helped them along their educational journey. Siletz had 23 graduates this year. Numbers of graduates at other high schools around the district were: Newport, 145; Taft 130; Toledo 47; Waldport, 45; and Eddyville, 11. (Photo by Steve Card) Pictured below are this year’s Taft High School graduates during their ceremony, which began at 10:25 a.m. on Saturday — the minutes of Taft’s starting time always reflect the year. (Photo by Jeremy C. Ruark)
pass a resolution prohibiting the use of retail fireworks within the city limits. Retail fireworks do not explode or fly into the air, and include cone fountains, cylindrical fountains, flitter sparklers, ground spinners, illuminating torches, and wheels, among other items. The See FIREWORKS, page A8
Proposed ODFW budget closes Otis hatchery, increases fees
The Salmon River Hatchery is located at 575 N North Bank Road in Otis. (File photo) JEREMY C. RUARK Lincoln County Leader
If you fish and hunt in Oregon, you’ll likely be impacted by the new proposed Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) budget. The proposed $607 million budget includes a fee step increase for a resident fishing license from $44 to
$56 in 2026 and to $56 by 2030. Hunting licenses would increase from $34.50 to $39 in 2026 and to $45 in 2030. “We have been making very intentional efforts to control costs and be mindful of impacts to our license buying customers,” ODFW Communications Coordinator See BUDGET, page A7
Fire station construction underway in Eddyville STEVE CARD Lincoln County Leader
After a number of years in the planning stages, ground was finally broken last month to construct a new fire station in Eddyville for East Lincoln County Fire & Rescue. The station will be located on a 1.5-acre site on Nashville Road, just a short distance from the Eddyville Post Office. The fire district’s chief, Will Ewing, who also serves as chief of the Seal Rock Fire Department, said the project is being primarily funded through lottery dollars. “We did get a $4 million lottery grant from the state through (State Rep. David) Gomberg’s office,” Ewing said. As far as the total cost of construction, “we’re hoping that we can cap it at $5 million, all things said and done,” he said. “We put in almost $150,000 prior to the grant being awarded. We’ve been actually working on the plans heavily since 2017.”
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in early May at the site of what will become a new fire station in Eddyville for East Lincoln County Fire & Rescue. (Courtesy photos)
A series of five of these speed humps were installed on Newport’s Oceanview Drive in September of last year. However, the city received feedback saying they were too abrupt, and they will be changed out by more gradual ones. (File photo)
Newport will ease the humps along Oceanview Drive STEVE CARD Lincoln County Leader
Site preparation work is underway on a 1.5-acre site that will be the location of a new fire station for East Lincoln County Fire & Rescue. The station is expected to be finished in the spring of next year.
For about the past nine months, anyone driving along Oceanview Drive in Newport has noticed a significant change to the road there. In an effort to
slow traffic, the Newport City Council voted to install a series of five speed humps between Northwest 14th Street and Highway 101. The speed limits in a See HUMPS, page A9
See FIRE STATION, page A8
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