The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners heard from legal counsel Brian Gardner and Lieutenant Josh McDowell, with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office on a long-planned modernization of the Lincoln County Jail’s integrated security controls. Gardner told commissioners the current setup is a patchwork of different technologies from different years, requiring specialized coding to keep systems talking to each other. An RFP, (request for proposals) went out May 17 and went thr

North Lincoln Fire & Rescue responded to a water rescue in Siletz Bay on Saturday afternoon August 1st after a family became stranded on a sandbar as the incoming tide and increasing winds cut off their escape. At approximately 3:32 p.m., North Lincoln Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a reported water rescue in Siletz Bay after a caller observed a group of people with paddleboards on a sandbar approximately one-half mile south of the SW 51st Street beach access. Upon arrival,

ODFW biologists remind citizens that mother deer often leave their fawns for several hours while they feed, returning only when the area is safe and quiet. "When people understand that a fawn by itself is rarely in trouble, it gives that young animal the best chance to survive," said Anne Mary Myers, ODFW wildlife biologist. Myers says in most cases, it's best to leave young animals where you found them – deer, and all wildlife, invest a significant amount of energy and resou