Coastal News

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Tillamook Forest Center Reopens, March 5

The Tillamook Forest Center reopens its doors Wednesday, March 4,after an annual winter closure. Located an hour west from downtown Portland, near milepost 22 on Wilson River Highway 6, the center provides visi...
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Fatal Fire in Brookings, March 5

A faulty space heater is being blamed initially for a fatal fire early Wednesday morning, March 3, in Brookings that killed two adults and one four-year old child. The fire at the single-wide trailer occurred o...
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Quake, March 4

A 4.9-magnitude earthquake shook the northern end of two fault lines that run parallel with the Oregon Coast early Wednesday morning, March 4, 12:35 a.m. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was l...
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Criminal Mischief/Car Clouting, March 3

News release from Lincoln Co. Sheriff’s Office. On February 28th at about 9:41 AM, deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office responded to a criminal mischief complaint located near the 1300 block of SW ...
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Redwood Trees on Oregon Coast, March 3

Led by the non-profit organization Archanegel Ancient Tree Archive, volunteers have been busy planting clonings of a 100-year old Redwood Tree along the Oregon Coast to keep the mighty giants from going extinct...
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Cape Look-Out Nominated, Feb. 26

The Look-Out on Cape Foulweather in Lincoln County is among Oregon's latest entries in the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1937, it is improbably perched on a knobby promontory on the jagged sout...
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Van Duzer Cooridor Tree Removal, Feb. 24

Travelers may experience delays on a 10-mile stretch of Highway 18 in the H.B. Van Duzer State Scenic Corridor while crews remove unhealthy trees. Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will be working unde...
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Sea Turtle headed to San Diego, Feb. 20

Another Sea Turtle that caught a ride north along the West Coast via a warm ocean current, only to be stranded in cold water when the southern current dissolved, is headed back to the warm waters of Southern Ca...