The Toledo City Council has approved a new traffic calming ordinance aimed at slowing drivers on neighborhood streets and giving residents a formal path to request speed humps and other safety measures. On a 4–2 vote, the council adopted Ordinance 1435, creating a new section of city code (Toledo Municipal Code 10.30) that lays out how traffic calming projects can be proposed, reviewed, installed, and, if needed, removed. City Planner Justin Peterson described the package as

Yesterday morning, July 20th, the Lincoln County Fire Defense Board fulfilled a resource request from the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office by mobilizing Task Force 22 in support of the Brewer Fire, located approximately 11.5 miles East of Madras in Crook and Jefferson Counties, in Central Oregon. Task Force #22 is comprised of units from Columbia, Lincoln, Linn & Tillamook Counties with the following resources. Including one Engine Boss from Newport Fire Department. North

Nancy Mitchell (left) and Shirley King (right) Photo by Casey Miller After three decades at the helm of Food Share of Lincoln County, Executive Director Nancy Mitchell is preparing to retire at the end of the month, handing the reins to longtime food banking professional Shirley King. The transition comes as the organization pushes to expand mobile food distribution, increase fresh food capacity, and raise money to renovate a much larger warehouse on Newport’s north end. Mitc