Lincoln County Circuit Court Judge Amanda Benjamin sentenced 41-year old Hugo Gomez Tapia to 12.5 years in prison for sexually abusing two separate children under the age of 14, while he was living in Lincoln County in 2020 and 2022. After a four-day bench trial, Judge Benjamin found Gomez Tapia guilty of sexually abusing a 13-year-old in 2020 and sexually abusing a 4-year-old in 2022. Gomez Tapia was sentenced in July 2026 to a total of 150 months in the Department of Corr

As colder weather arrives on the Oregon coast, the Lincoln County Community Shelter & Resource Center opened its doors on Nov. 1, providing a warm, safe place for community members who need refuge during the winter months. The shelter will operate nightly, with check-in beginning at 6 p.m. and check-out at 7 a.m., helping ensure that no one must face cold winter nights alone. The winter shelter is made possible through the collective efforts of local governments, service orga

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has downgraded the recreational use health advisory to a precaution for Eckman Lake. OHA issued the advisory on August 28th. Water monitoring has confirmed that the level of cyanotoxins in Eckman Lake are below recreational guideline values for people. However, levels detected are still above OHA’s educational guideline values for dogs, and owners should keep their pets away from areas with blooms. OHA advises recreational visitors to continually