A local guide to Yaquina Head: lighthouse, tide pools and seabirds
Visiting the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area north of Newport: Oregon’s tallest lighthouse, Cobble Beach tide pools, the murre colony and fees.
Community
Libraries, parks, events and the volunteer life of coast towns.
Fine-free borrowing at the Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City
Why Lincoln City’s Driftwood Public Library stopped charging overdue fines, how fine-free borrowing works and what still costs money.
Newport and Mombetsu: a sister-city tie that began in 1966
How Newport, Oregon, and Mombetsu on Japan’s Hokkaido island became sister cities in 1966, and how the exchange has carried on for decades.
Kite festivals over the D River in Lincoln City
Lincoln City’s kite festivals fill the sky over the D River Wayside each spring and fall.