Lincoln County

A crowd of more than 250 people packed the Hatfield Marine Science Center’s auditorium for late Lincoln County Commissioner Claire Hall’s memorial on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.

A court filing by the Department of Homeland Security confirms suspicions that the agency wants to put an ICE detention facility at the Newport Airport.

A court filing by the Department of Homeland Security confirms suspicions that the agency wants to put an ICE detention facility at the Newport Airport.

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.