Lincoln County

A helicopter crashed Thursday morning in east Lincoln County. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported the crash just after 10 a.m. on Moonshine Park Road near the community of Logsden.

Lincoln County Commissioner Claire Hall died suddenly on Jan. 4. In compliance with Oregon law, the remaining two commissioners met virtually Wednesday to discuss the process of selecting a replacement.

A road in the Oregon coast range that connects the communities of Kernville and Siletz has been closed for a month now because of a landslide.

The start of Lincoln County’s first commission meeting of the year was somber as two commissioners recognized the sudden death Sunday of their colleague, Claire Hall.

The subject of the recall is Claire Hall, who has served as commissioner for 21 years building a reputation as an advocate for unhoused people and affordable housing, and is popular with progressives.

Lincoln County District Attorney Jenna Wallace took her staffing complaints directly to the public Saturday, holding two well-attended holiday town hall meetings in an attempt to put pressure on county commissioners to grant four exceptions to a hiring freeze.

Out of more than 14,000 counted, a tax to support the Lincoln County Veterans Service Office has officially passed, by a mere 13 votes.

Another in a series of windy, rainy storms moved into western Oregon on Thursday, bringing a new round of power outages and concerns over flooding.

Opponents of Waldport’s mayor have been given the green light to gather signatures to try to force her out of office.

The owner of the Alsi Resort Hotel in Bayshore has agreed not to sign a contract to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after an hour-long negotiation Thursday with the Waldport city manager.

Lincoln County Commissioner Claire Hall announced Thursday she intends to fight her removal from office, two days after opponents were told they had collected enough signatures to force a recall election in January.

Opponents of Lincoln County Commissioner Claire Hall officially have the green light for a recall election, as backers of the effort to recall the six-term commissioner have collected enough valid signatures to hold an election – if Hall does not resign first.