As colder weather arrives on the Oregon coast, the Lincoln County Community Shelter & Resource Center opened its doors on Nov. 1, providing a warm, safe place for community members who need refuge during the winter months. The shelter will operate nightly, with check-in beginning at 6 p.m. and check-out at 7 a.m., helping ensure that no one must face cold winter nights alone. The winter shelter is made possible through the collective efforts of local governments, service orga

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has downgraded the recreational use health advisory to a precaution for Eckman Lake. OHA issued the advisory on August 28th. Water monitoring has confirmed that the level of cyanotoxins in Eckman Lake are below recreational guideline values for people. However, levels detected are still above OHA’s educational guideline values for dogs, and owners should keep their pets away from areas with blooms. OHA advises recreational visitors to continually

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