FedEx selects Newport for new central coast center

FedEx will start operations in and out of Newport, serving a region from Pacific City to Yachats, bringing in thousands of pounds of correspondence and packages to customers located here.

“We are really pleased FedEx has selected Newport,” said Airport Manager Dennis Reno. “FedEx has been a great group of folks with which to work, and we’re well underway in getting facilities ready for them. Expanded overnight services have been a priority for this airport and this area for some time, and I know folks are going to be pleased to have expanded FedEx service available here.”

FedEx’s new central coast operations center will be one of 30 new locations nationally.

FedEx is hiring staff to serve its new central coast operations center, primarily in delivery and shipping positions. “The potential for new job creation here is wonderful news,” said Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County board chair David Green, a vice president with West Coast Bank. “Making it easier for area manufacturers and other businesses to send packages and correspondence internationally in rapid fashion is terrific. Several local companies have told us how much they’ve wanted expanded FedEx service here, and this is another part of making the ‘business climate’ of the Central Coast as vibrant as possible, which can be a challenge for rural economies such as ours.”