The Lincoln City, City Council approved sending a $58 million no-wrap bond measure to November ballot. Voters will decide this November whether to approve up to $58 million in general obligation bonds for a new civic complex, after the City Council narrowly backed the higher bond amount and a “no wrap” financing structure on a 4–3 vote. Resolution 2026-19, approved at the end of a lengthy discussion, calls for a bond measure that would fund a new city hall and related civic f

After a brief period with all of our deployed firefighters back home, Lincoln County has once again been called upon to assist Oregonians battling wildfires around the state. The Lincoln County Fire Defense Board has fulfilled requests for two separate Task Forces, which are deploying to two different wildfire incidents in Oregon. These deployments represent Lincoln County’s fifth and sixth mobilizations of the 2026 fire season. It is important to recognize that we are still

A recent DEQ sampling of Devils Lake found a microcystin level of 0.18 ug/L. Based on Oregon Health Authority’s 2026 pilot protocol, the Devils Lake Water Improvement District is placing recreational “precautions” on waterbodies that have a cyanobacterial blooms or low-level detections and will keep the waterbody at precaution status until the bloom dissipates. A value of 0.18 ug/L is considered safe for human recreation, but close to OHA’s pet safety value of 0.20 ug/L . Wh