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Central Coast Vehicle Pursuit & Foot Elude, March 15

News release from the Lincoln Co. Sheriff's Office. On March 13, 2016 at approximately 4:30 PM Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation in Depoe Bay. While attemptin...
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Death Investigation, March 7

The Curry Co. Major Crimes Team was activated Thursday night, March 3, near Gold Beach following a reported of a deceased subject inside of a burning vehicle. The vehicle was found at the Turtle Rock RV Park ab...
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North End Quake, March 7

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean seafloor between two fault lines that run parallel with the Oregon Coast Saturday, March 5, at 10:38 a.m. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake wa...
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Surfers Rescued on Central Coast, March 7

A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Facility Newport rescued three surfers in distress near Devil’s Punchbowl State Park, Saturday afternoon, March 5. All three men were safely tra...
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Quake west of Eureka, March 3

A 2.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Cape Mendocino area of Northern California Wednesday, March 2. According to the U.S Geological Survey, the quake occurred at 2:08 p.m. and was located 122-miles west of Eure...
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Cape Kiwanda Death, March 1

A 19-year old Woodburn male drowned at Cape Kiwanda on the North Oregon Coast Sunday, February 28. David Lopez is the fifth person to die in eight months at the Cape. According to authorities, three actually fe...
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Hwy. 101 at Sea Lion Caves Reopens, March 1

News alert from ODOT, Monday, Feb. 29, 7:06 p.m.: Central Coast: U.S. 101 is open at milepost 178 north of the Sea Lion Caves, north of Florence. A slide, that closed the highway since Sunday afternoon, has bee...