Lincoln County

Efforts to expand habitat for the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly on the central Oregon Coast are finding support from a seldom-used resource: local property owners.

Oregon State Parks has closed restrooms at six of its sites in Lincoln County after vandals extensively damaged them over the weekend.

Lincoln County’s tortured and tumultuous 10-year path to regulate and limit hundreds of vacation rentals in unincorporated areas may be over.

The Oregon Department of Transportation is beginning a new phase of work on a section of highway in Lincoln County that’s been closed since a massive landslide last December.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office acquired a high-water rescue vehicle funded by state grants to assist during coastal floods and severe weather evacuations.

The six-person jury trial in Lincoln County circuit court follows the highly publicized March 1, 2025, disappearance of two-year old Dane Paulsen from his parents’ property along the Siletz River.

Crews were called up by the Oregon State Fire Marshal to help with the 12,000-acre East Evans Creek Fire.

The Fish & Wildlife Division of Oregon State Police is asking the public for help in finding whoever was responsible for the unlawful killing of a river otter in Lincoln County.

State health experts say their goal is to keep schools above 90% up-to-date on vaccinations. But many now fall short of that number.

OR 130 will have daytime closures for bridge inspections May 26 through 28.

The Lincoln County commission could have a new look in January as one incumbent was being knocked off in Tuesday’s historic primary election and another is fighting for his political life as vote-counting proceeds over the next week.

Lincoln County is gaining ownership of a 10-acre park along the Alsea River that state agencies had once envisioned as a major launch for motorboats.