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Lincoln County to send out property tax statements Oct. 20 STAFF REPORT Lincoln County Leader
2025/26 Property Tax Statements, Values and Levies
Property tax statements display total amounts imposed by individual taxing districts, along with current and prior year property values. Values for both years are categorized by land, structure, total real market value and total assessed value. (Metro Creative Connection)
STATEMENTS Property tax season is upon us. 2025/26 property tax statements for Lincoln County are scheduled to be mailed on Oct. 20. Taxes can be paid in full or in thirds, with an initial payment due by
Nov. 17, 2025. Full payments made by Nov. 17, 2025 will receive a 3% discount, and two-thirds payments will receive a 2% discount. For property owners making one-third payments, the second payment will be due by Feb. 17, 2026, and the third payment will be due by May 15, 2026. Payments can be made electronically online, mailed with a postmark on or before November 15th, dropped off at a collection box located at the courthouse parking lot or in person at the tax
office located in room 205, on the second floor of the county courthouse. Visit the following webpage for more information about property tax payments: https://www. co.lincoln.or.us/445/ Tax-Office VALUES The assessment date for property taxes is January 1st of each year. Overall, Real Market Value of all property in Lincoln County is up approximately 0.8% from January 1, 2024 to See TAX, page A6
Lincoln City wins Lasting Impact Award Collision
results in gunfire, one arrest
JEREMY C. RUARK Lincoln County Leader
Lincoln City Parks & Recreation (LCP&R) has received the prestigious Lasting Impact Award at the 2025 Oregon Recreation and Parks Association’s (ORPA). The award recognizes significant projects or efforts that have longterm value and impact upon the parks and recreation movement in the State of Oregon.
JEREMY C. RUARK Lincoln County Leader
See AWARD, page A6
Drone shot of playground at Schooner Creek Discovery Park Playground. (Courtesy photo from Lincoln City parks & Recreation)
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Cascadia, San Andreas faults may be seismically linked SEAN NEALON Leader Guest Article
Two fault systems on North America’s West Coast – the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault – may be synchronized, with earthquakes on one fault potentially triggering seismic events on the other, a new study found “We’re used to hearing the ‘Big One’ – Cascadia – being this catastrophic huge thing,” said Chris Goldfinger, a marine geologist at Oregon State University and lead author of the study. “It turns out it’s not the
worst case scenario.” Goldfinger and a team of researchers drilled deep-sea sediment cores representing 3,100 years of geologic history, and analyzed layers known as turbidites that are deposited by underwater landslides often triggered by earthquakes. They compared turbidite layers in cores from both fault systems and found similarities in timing and structure, suggesting the seismic synchronization between the faults. See THREAT, page A6
CT scan images of turbidites in deep sea sediment cores. On the left, a thin bed of turbidites from a 1906 earthquake. On the right, from an earthquake about 1,500 years ago, the typical “inverted doublet beds” - a doubling or tripling of turbidite thickness. The thick sand up at the top is the San Andreas bed, with the Cascadia bed down below. (Courtesy photo from Chris Goldfinger, Oregon State University.)
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A Toledo resident faces criminal charges following a vehicle collision, shooting and arrest in rural Lincoln County. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) deputies were dispatched to a reported vehicle crash involving two vehicles near mile 12 on Elk City Road in rural Lincoln County at approximately 1:45 p.m. Oct. 10. Early information received indicated after the vehicle collision gun fire was exchanged between both vehicles involved, according to a release from LCSO Lt. Karl Vertner. Partner law enforcement agencies from the from the surrounding area responded to the evolving incident. Toledo Police Department officers located Jacob Barnhart, of Lincoln County, at approximately 2:01 p.m. near mile post 12 on Elk City Road with his vehicle. An officer provided first aid for a gunshot wound to Barnhart’s leg and requested helicopter transport. Barnhart was safely transported to Eddyville where he was transferred into the medical helicopter and flown to Good Samaritan See GUNFIRE, page A7
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