Traffic

Get ready Lincoln City!  Here come the visitors! After a fairly calm fall/early spring we can look forward to many travelers choosing Lincoln City and surrounding coastal towns as their destinations of choice this Memorial Day weekend.

Members of the joint committee will engage with local communities about the structural challenges facing the statewide transportation system

Lincoln City Police will be on the lookout for drivers under the influence this holiday season with extra patrols due to a $2,500 grant designed to crack down on impaired drivers. 

With scorching temperatures in the valley, traffic in Lincoln City is up as people find their way to the respite of cool weather on the coast.

Oregon Department of Transportation officials have called in geologists Thursday to take core samples of a hole on southbound Highway 101 in Otis.

A Newport man has been arrested on manslaughter charges following the driving death of a female passenger from Waldport Saturday evening near Newport.

Northbound traffic on Highway 101 has been bumper-to-bumper for most of Sunday as scores of vehicles are on Lincoln City roads for Monday's Labor Day national holiday.

A young pedestrian suffered minor injuries at approximately noon Monday after being struck by a driver in Siletz.

Lincoln City Police will conduct a pedestrian safety operation Monday, Aug. 19, on Highway 101 between N 10th and N 14th Streets to raise pedestrian safety awareness.

Lincoln County Sheriff deputies will be on the prowl for motorists failing to provide proper safety seats for kids Aug 19- Sept. 1, as part of a statewide effort to enforce traffic occupant protection.