The Lincoln County Leader is a weekly newspaper based in Newport, Oregon, United States.

It was formed in January 2024 by the merger of the Newport News-Times and Lincoln City News Guard, both published by Country Media, Inc.

[2] In 1947, Monroe Sweetland, owner of the Molalla Pioneer, purchased the 53-year-old Yaquina Bay News from Doy I.

[16] Lee Enterprises sold the Newport News-Times in 2007 to News Media Corporation.

[17] The paper was sold again In 2023 to Country Media, Inc.[18] In January 2024, Country Media merged the Newport News-Times and Lincoln City News Guard into a single newspaper named after the Lincoln County Leader, which had published for 94 years from 1893 to 1987.