Steve Card

Managing Editor at Newport News Times

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Articles

Newport will ease the humps along Oceanview Drive

2 weeks ago | newportnewstimes.com | Steve Card

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 couple of places along Oceanview Drive were also reduced by the city council.
Fire station construction underway in Eddyville

2 weeks ago | newportnewstimes.com | Steve Card

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.
Fireworks can be sold, but not used in Newport

2 weeks ago | newportnewstimes.com | Steve Card

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 pass a resolution prohibiting the use of retail fireworks within the city limits.
Two fatal crashes on Highway 101 during weekend

2 weeks ago | newportnewstimes.com | Steve Card

Two fatal crashes occurred on Highway 101 in Lincoln County over the weekend. At around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, a four-vehicle accident just north of the Highway 229 (Siletz Highway) intersection claimed the life of a 69-year old woman from the town of Donald. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Sunday, a single-vehicle crash near Seal Rock resulted in the death of a 45-year-old resident of that area.
Card Talk: The time has come to say goodbye

2 weeks ago | newportnewstimes.com | Steve Card

By Steve CardAll good things must come to an end. Sometimes that end seems pretty far off, but time has a way of slipping by unexpectedly. It has been almost 35 years since I was hired as a general assignment reporter for the News-Times in Newport, and now my career here is coming to a close. When my wife, Teri, and I first came to the coast, we expected to stay for three or four years and then move elsewhere. But one thing I’ve discovered in life is that plans don’t always go the way we expect.
Police hold pedestrian safety op in Newport

2 weeks ago | newportnewstimes.com | Steve Card

Any time that pedestrians cross a busy street or highway, there is the potential for an accident if motorists aren’t paying attention. Raising awareness and educating drivers to be on the lookout for pedestrians was the focus of a special safety enforcement operation held last Thursday, May 29, by the Newport Police Department. The department conducted its first Pedestrian Safety Education Enforcement operation in more than 10 years. Sgt.
Waldport man charged with manslaughter after fatal crash

3 weeks ago | thenewsguard.com | Steve Card

A Waldport man was arrested on manslaughter charges after the vehicle he was driving on Memorial Day crashed on a forest service road near Waldport. A passenger in the vehicle later died at the hospital. At around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, May 26, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a single-vehicle crash over an embankment in a remote location on U.S. Forest Service Road 53 outside of Waldport. Deputies responded, along with fire and medical personnel.
Waldport man charged with manslaughter after fatal crash

3 weeks ago | newportnewstimes.com | Steve Card

A Waldport man was arrested on manslaughter charges after the vehicle he was driving on Memorial Day crashed on a forest service road near Waldport. A passenger in the vehicle later died at the hospital. At around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, May 26, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a single-vehicle crash over an embankment in a remote location on U.S. Forest Service Road 53 outside of Waldport. Deputies responded, along with fire and medical personnel.
Several people rescued from burning boat

3 weeks ago | newportnewstimes.com | Steve Card

Several people were rescued from a small boat that caught fire on Newport’s Yaquina Bay at around 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon, May 30. After it caught fire, strong north winds pushed the boat up against the NOAA dock on the south side of the bay, and the billowing flames and heavy smoke plume coming from the boat captured the attention of folks all around the area.
School district bond measure easily passed by voters

3 weeks ago | newportnewstimes.com | Steve Card

The Lincoln County School District’s bond measure on the ballot in the May 20 Special Election easily passed with about a two-thirds majority voting in favor. With 95 percent of the vote counted as of the Lincoln County Leader’s press deadline, there were 8,049 (68 percent) voting in favor, and 3,835 (32 percent) voting against the bond. The school district bond measure will go toward funding safety and security improvements, making repairs, updating schools and providing vocational education.