State of Emergency Terminated
The State of Emergency declared on January 24th, 2026 has been terminated for Lincoln County and the City of Lincolnton. Effective January 27th, 12 pm.
State of Emergency Terminated
MONDAY JANUARY 26 WINTER WEATHER UPDATE
- Lincoln County Offices will operate on a 2 hour delay Tuesday, January 27th.
- Convenience Sites: Tin Mine, Airport, and Optimist will open at 11 am Tuesday January 27. Landfill will open at 11am. Owls Den, Car Farm and North Brook will open at 1 pm. Thank you to crews working to clear the ice.
- Lincoln County 911 continues to be heavily inundated with non-emergency calls. A lot of them are falls. Please be careful when venturing out, ICE IS SLIPPERY.
- Lincoln County Airport runway/taxiway is currently free of ice and snow. The road driving into the airport is still icey.
- Thank you so much to North Carolina Department of Transportation crews who have been continuously working to clean our roads. Your work is much appreciated and the main roads and highways look splendid. Secondary roads continue to be covered in ice even though the temperatures were slightly above freezing today. If you do head out, slow your speed. You have all done a great job staying home and keeping our first responders safe!
Landfill and Convenience Sites
SITE STATUS PLANNED MODIFICATIONS
Airport OPEN Opening at 11:00am on Tuesday
Car Farm CLOSED Opening at 1:00pm on Wednesday
Landfill OPEN Opening at 11:00am on Tuesday
North Brook OPEN Opened at 2:00pm on Tuesday
Optimist OPEN Opening at 11:00am on Tuesday
Owls Den CLOSED Opening at 1:00pm on Wednesday
Webbs CLOSED Opening at 11:00am on Thursday
Lincoln County Emergency Management Shelter Plan
Lincoln County Emergency Management has an emergency preparedness plan which includes the opening of shelters if certain conditions are met including major power outages and infrastructure failures. Emergency Management is assessing the situation of the storm hour by hour along with County Management. If a decision is made to open shelters, the primary sites will be Lincolnton High School, secondary sites if needed are North Brook Community Center and East Lincoln Community Center. If a decision is made to activate the sites, a notification will be posted on the County website and social media sites. A phone number dedicated to shelter questions will also be activated and included in the communication. Please do not call 911 for shelter questions.