Authorities are searching for an 80-year old Lebanon man who was reported overdue after not returning from a hike in the area of Big Meadows Road, east of Idanha in Linn County.
According to the Linn County Sheriff, Jerry Highsmith’s daughter contacted dispatch Tuesday to report her father went backpacking near Fir Lake and planned to return that day.
Deputies responded and located Highsmith’s vehicle at the Fir Lake trailhead…