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Continue to Stand in the Gap: Lincoln County

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Near Yachats, Lincoln County, Oregon But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.  Psalm 130:4 NIV Praying for the Lincoln County officials: Lincoln County is governed by a three-person elected Board of Commissions. The current Commissioners are Kaety Jacobson, Chair, who began her second term in 2023. Claire Hall has been a commissioner numerous times since 2004, and Casey Miller, starting his first term in 2023. Sheriff Curtis Landers is the Lincoln County Sheriff. His career began in 1987 and he has worked up from Records/Property Clerk through Corrections Officer, Patrol Deputy, Patrol Sergeant, and Administrative Lieutenant. In 2016 he was appointed Sheriff and is currently serving his second four-year term. The headquarters of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians is in Siletz in Lincoln County. The Siletz Tribal Council is the Legislative branch of the government, the tribe being a sovereign nation. The Council has nine members, De...

A Deeper Look: Lincoln County

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Near Yachats, Lincoln County, OR He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat . Psalms 147:14NIV At one time Lincoln County was mostly the Siletz Indian Reservation. The area also was difficult to access for many years until roads were built in the twentieth century, as a result there is a bit less pioneer history than in some counties.  Lincoln County was created out the western portions of Benton and Polk Counties in 1893 and lies just south of Tillamook County. The county seat is Newport. Lincoln County The treatment of the Native tribes in this area, and the history of the Coast Indian Reservation makes for sad reading. You can learn more here . While numerous tribes were removed to the Coast Indian Reservation during the 1850’s, the original tribes in southern Lincoln County were the Alsea and Yaquina coastal Indians. They all but disappeared during the chaotic years of European settlement and relocation of the tribes, but the town of Yachats,...