On Sunday May 24th, 2026, at approximately 10:15pm, Newport officers responded to the Lincoln County Jail after an inmate, later identified as 25-year old Tyce Bernabeu, of Newport, who was lodged at the Lincoln County Jail facing charges of burglary, menacing and harrassment, had attempted to stab a deputy during an altercation. Newport Officers learned through their investigation that Lincoln County Jail Deputies had attempted to remove an item from Bernabeu’s cell for safe

On Sunday, May 24, shortly before 2:00 p.m., North Lincoln Fire & Rescue responded to a report of an injured female near Roads End Point, just south of God’s Thumb. Upon arrival, responders located the 25-year old female patient approximately halfway down the cliff face in difficult terrain. Due to the location and complexity of the rescue, additional resources were requested, including a United States Coast Guard helicopter and the Lincoln County Technical Rescue Team. At ap

The Oregon Board of Parole is considering whether to move forward with possible release for a man convicted in the 1980 kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Sherwood girl Charmel Ulrich, whose body was found east of Waldport in Lincoln County. Lincoln County District Attorney Jenna Wallace attended the hearing in Salem last week, representing both the county where the killing occurred and Ulrich’s family. Ulrich was abducted from the Sherwood area in Washington County in 1980