Lincoln County appears to have escaped any major power outages or injuries from the first winter storm it encountered in 2026.
The storm rolled through over the weekend, brining as a much as a reported 11 inches of snow and windchills well below zero.
Snowfall totals ranged from 11 inches in North Rock Creek to six to nine inches in Lincoln County.
Emergency Management Director Charlotte Brown said she knows of no major power outages across the county. She said the district commissioners worked on the roads Sunday, that ODOT handled the highways and OIA worked the turnpikes on Sunday.
Brown cautioned motorists to drive slowly and noted roads were passable.
“If you don’t feel like it, don’t drive,” she said.
Brown said on Monday all schools in the county were closed and on Tuesday they would also be closed.
“Schools are good about keeping us informed. We’re pretty fortunate,” she said.
“They’re have not been many accidents,” she added.
She added that motorists should be diligent. Most accidents are happening on the turnpikes, she said.
Brown pointed out that local and state emergency management were well prepared in advance. “That’s not to say but I know of no of major accidents in our district.”
She mentioned, “We try to prepare and keep people to stay informed. “Tyler Hogsitt is our deputy director, and he keeps informed and updated on Facebook.
“We’re pretty fortunate we escaped with that all the conditions that didn’t hit they were predicting,” she said.