ODOT has been talking with officials in Lincoln City to look at ways to improve walking, biking and rolling along U.S. 101. This project is focused on the downtown area between SW Beach Street and SW 51st Avenue. The effort is known as an Urban Design Verification, or UDV, study. The goal of this study is to find cost-effective ways to make travel safer and easier for people to walk, bike or roll through the Taft District. The project is also focused on supporting the local e

On October 20, 2026, Newport Police officers were notified that the Vietnam Veterans Memorial had been vandalized with graffiti consisting of the word “Peace”, a peace symbol accompanied by two exclamation marks, and other words/symbols. This discovery prompted an investigation that has since identified over a dozen additional instances of similar graffiti on and beneath the Yaquina Bay Bridge, multiple locations east along SW Bay Boulevard, near Walgreens and Starbucks, and

Lincoln County Clerk Amy Southwell said election officials are seeing strong early participation, with nearly 15% of ballots already returned as of Friday October 23rd. The main batch of ballots left a Bend mailing house on Oct. 14 and was sent to Portland for distribution. Most were officially mailed the following day, she said. Some voters may not receive a ballot, and those who need a replacement can contact the elections office. Amy said drop boxes are the most reliable w