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🌱 How the Highway 229 landslide near Siletz could upend your travel
Coming up: Veterans Project Sew In on the Siletz Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How the Highway 229 landslide near Siletz could upend your travel
Also on today's calendar: Sea of D'Lights and 4 more events.
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Winds becoming strong, with a high of 60 and low of 46 degrees.
- Wednesday: Breezy with a few showers, temps: high: 53, low: 44.
- Thursday: Very windy; rain, some heavy, with a high of 57 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Coastal Landslide Shuts Key Highway, Forcing Costly Detours for Southern Oregon Travelers (grantspasstribune.com) — A major landslide has shut down Highway 229 right by Siletz, cutting a key inland–coast link and forcing drivers onto longer, costlier detours. State engineers have no reopening timeline yet, and the disruption is already affecting work trips, medical travel, and small business logistics across the region. Residents should plan extra time, fuel, and check road updates before heading out. 
📸 Around Siletz
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Siletz
★ Featured events ★
- Veterans Project Sew In
Siletz Valley Grange, 224 N Gaither St, Siletz
9:30 am
Wednesday December 17
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Other local events
- Sea of D'Lights
Lincoln City Parks & Recreation , 2150 NE Oar Pl , Lincoln City
5:00 pm - Sea of Lights: Oregon Coast
Oregon Coast Aquarium , 2820 SE Ferry Slip Rd , Newport
5:00 pm - Walk/Club Wellness
Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site
11:30 am - Holiday Market on the Bay
Pelican Brewing – Siletz Bay , 5911 US-101 , Lincoln City
12:00 pm - Walk/Club Wellness
Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site
11:30 am - Exercise at The Newport Recreation Center
Newport Recreation Center , 225 SE Avery St , Newport
11:00 am
Friday December 19
Monday December 22
Saturday December 27
Monday December 29
Tuesday December 30
📣 Siletz Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Estate Planning Workshop
Newport Public Library , 35 NW Nye Street , Newport
2:00 pm - Lincoln County Board of Commissioners
Lincoln County Courthouse , 225 W Olive St # 201 , Newport
10:00 am - December Paint & Sip w/ Artsea Craftsea — Local Ocean
Local Ocean Seafoods , 213 SE Bay Blvd. , Newport
5:00 pm - HMSC Research Seminar-Catherine de Rivera, Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University
Hatfield Marine Science Center Oregon State University , 2030 SE Marine Science Dr , Newport
3:30 pm - Teen Third Thursday
McEntee Meeting Room
3:45 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- During emergencies, coordination and partnership are critical.
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) is working alongside local, state, and Tribal partners to support response coordination following… (Nextdoor ) - From KOIN 6---“It’s one of the biggest slides ODOT has seen, probably in our history.
” “There is a giant chunk of that mountain gone,” said Mindy McCartt, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation. https://local… (Nextdoor North of Siletz)
- Koch Industries posted a job opening for Construction Manager in Toledo. Apply here.
- Sodexo posted a job opening for Environmental Services / Custodial Operations Manager 1 in Toledo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Siletz here.
🗞 Nearby News
Depoe Bay
- Gale warnings through Monday 12/15 (lincolncityhomepage.com)
Newport
- ‘The Evergreen': Environmental hazard, someone's floating home or both? (opb.org)
- Oregon Coast's Crabbing Fleet Heads Out with Whale Entanglement Advisory (beachconnection.net)
- 13 Weird Cryptids of the Pacific Northwest You Should Know (kw3.com)
Lincoln City
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