School district seeks contractors for new Waldport High School

Posted: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
With the Jan. 26 approval to submit a request for proposals for construction of the new Waldport High School, the Lincoln County School District is one step closer to opening the new campus in 2013. The board also heard no objections to using the contract manager/general contractor (CM/GC) model for this project.
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Judge rules in Seal Rock shooting controversy

Posted: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
A Lincoln County Circuit Court judge ruled Friday that the county can require a Seal Rock property owner to have a conditional use permit to use his property as a shooting range. ...more

Oregon ready to start zoning ocean for renewable energy use

Modified: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
Public meeting in Waldport is Feb.24
A state group charged with identifying suitable sites for wave energy development in Oregon's territorial sea is nearly ready to begin drawing lines on maps. ...more

School Exclusion Day is Feb. 15

Modified: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
Lincoln County Public Health wants parents to know that children who are not up to date on all of their required immunizations will not be able to attend school or child care facilities on or after Wednesday, Feb. 15. ...more

County announces animal welfare committee appointments

Posted: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
After months of discussion on topics related to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, Commissioners Don Lindly, Terry Thompson and Bill Hall announced appointments to the Ad Hoc Animal Welfare and Shelter Committee. ...more

Police Log

Posted: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
Sunday, Jan. 22
9:25 a.m. Caller at milepost 5 and Highway 34 reports the road is sinking and is cracked in two places.
11:03 a.m. Caller at Ona Beach State Park believes a man and his dog are stuck.
11:45 a.m. Report of a significant power outage in Waldport.
11:28 p.m. Caller in the 200 block of W. ...more

Deputies rescue dog from Big Creek

Posted: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
Sheriff's office warns of high water dangers
Quick action by two Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies saved a 12-year-old border collie from drowning during last week.
Animal Services Deputy Kerri Tyler responded to a call of a dog washed away in the rain swollen Big Creek in Newport.
Katherine Howard of Newport told Tyler that she was walking "Addy" on the ...more

Duo arrested in South Beach burglary

Posted: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
Newport police arrested a man in connection with a Jan. 26 burglary in South Beach.
Police alleged that Patrick Ambrose Daly, 22, of Newport forced his way into a building in the 3800 block of S. Coast Highway and stole six handguns. Surveillance video and physical evidence at the scene of the crime pointed to Daly as a suspect. Sheriff's ...more

New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology

Posted: Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2012
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion and use the powerful tool of LIDAR to better assess and deal with them.
The advance, being outlined this week at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of ...more

Storm batters south county

Posted: Wednesday, Jan 25th, 2012
The first major winter storm roared ashore last Wednesday, hammering South Lincoln County with power outages, flooding and landslides. One lane of Highway 101 near the Newport airport slid away, threatening to isolate Seal Rock, Waldport and Yachats from the rest of the county.
The storms dumped near record rain levels and lashed the area with steady wind of 40 ...more

Lincoln City Police Department marks one year anniversary of officer shooting

Posted: Wednesday, Jan 25th, 2012
One year after Lincoln City Police Officer Steven Dodds was shot and seriously wounded during a traffic stop, the officer is back on patrol. The shooter was never located, although the Lincoln City Police Department and investigators from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Oregon State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to investigate leads in the case. ...more

Residents, business owners encouraged to report storm damage by Jan. 26

Posted: Wednesday, Jan 25th, 2012
The county is gathering damage estimates to submit to Oregon Emergency Management and must do so by Friday, Jan. 27. Residents and business owners affected by the Jan. 19 weather event need to report their damages using a special phone bank that will operational between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan 24, through Thursday, Jan. 26. Residents and business ...more

Animal welfare and shelter committee bylaws on county radar

Posted: Wednesday, Jan 25th, 2012
At the Jan. 18 meeting, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners discussed an updated draft of the bylaws that will govern the animal shelter's operation and scheduling related to the county's proposal to create a new animal services district.
The county will provide office space, administrative support and legal guidance for the Lincoln County Animal Welfare and Shelter ...more