Storm batters south county

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 ...more

Lincoln City Police Department marks one year anniversary of officer shooting

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

Animal welfare and shelter committee bylaws on county radar

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

Wild weather takes down WHS batting cages

Lincoln County schools closed Jan. 20

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Sports

Waldport wrestlers duel

On Saturday, The Irish wrestlers took seventh-place at the Nick Lutz Invitational in Florence at Siuslaw High School, behind some strong performances. Both Robby Ballentine (145-pounds) and Brey Syverson (195-pounds) took respective second-place finishes and got a solid third-place result from Christian Houston at 285-pounds. ...more

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Obits

Ronald Herrick

Ronald Herrick, 63, of Waldport, Ore., died of cancer on Jan. 12, 2012.
He was born May 12, 1948 to Richard and LaVonne Herrick in St. Paul, Minn. Ron was a successful business owner of an auto body repair and paint facility in Vacaville until ...more

Russell T. Blower

Roberta Thwaites Norton

William Lawrence Morris

Roberta 'Bert' Elaine Biron

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Community

Man who brought knife to gunfight arrested

A Waldport man who escaped arrest on two felony warrants after allegedly threatening to stab two Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies is in custody at the Lincoln County Jail on charges of escape, resisting arrest and unlawful use of a weapon. ...more