By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT — Clad with bullet proof vests, safety glasses, modified handguns and assault rifles, police officers and sheriff’s deputies carefully step in unison as they […]
By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/YachatsNews The search for a 2½-year-old boy who had been missing 11 days ended Tuesday when a diver found and recovered his body from the Siletz River […]
Wednesday evening search update from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: Divers and search boats covered 14 miles of the Siletz River downstream from the home of 2-year-old Dane Paulsen, who […]
This story was updated at 10 p.m. Sunday with new developments from Sunday’s search By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office hopes to bring in more and […]
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – There’s a new sheriff in town. Adam Shanks was sworn in as Lincoln County’s 17th sheriff Monday by presiding circuit court judge Sheryl Bachart, […]
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – A perceived jaw-dropping decrease in the number of traffic citations issued in Waldport looked to be the death knell for the city’s long-standing […]
BY GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Yachats’ new contract deputy hit the streets Thursday. In a first-of-its-kind shared deputy agreement between the cities of Waldport and Yachats, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Abby […]
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Whether Yachats will have a dedicated Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy in the upcoming year – tied to Waldport receiving a significant discount if it continues with […]
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Waldport and Yachats are considering a proposal to expand Lincoln County Sheriff’s coverage in the two cities by sharing costs and adding a third deputy to […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Curtis Landers, who started as a records and property clerk in the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office 37 years ago and rose to lead the agency for the […]
