Mo Niemi and the chowder house that became a coast institution
Mohava “Mo” Niemi opened a small Newport restaurant in the 1940s that grew into the Mo’s chain known for clam chowder.
Personalities
The people, past and present, whose work shaped Lincoln County.
The Coast Guard crews who work the smallest harbor on the coast
Coast Guard Station Depoe Bay covers a stretch of rugged coast from a tiny harbor. A look at the work of its crews.
Bell Shimada, the fisheries scientist whose name sails out of Newport
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada, based in Newport, is named for a pioneering Pacific fisheries scientist. A look at his life.
Why Lincoln County carries Abraham Lincoln’s name
Lincoln County was created in 1893 and named for President Abraham Lincoln. A short history of the name.
The brief life and long afterlife of the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse in Newport served only three years in the 1870s, yet it is one of Oregon’s most loved lighthouses.
Ben Jones of Newport and the push for a coast highway
How Newport legislator Benjamin F. Jones championed the Roosevelt Coast Military Highway, the road that became U.S. 101, and the bridge named for him at Otter Rock.
The Little Log Church and the builders of early Yachats
Yachats’ Little Log Church, built in the late 1920s, is now a museum of the town’s early days.
Keiko’s years in Newport
The orca from “Free Willy” lived at the Oregon Coast Aquarium from 1996 to 1998. How his stay shaped the aquarium and the town.
Ken Kesey’s logging novel and its Lincoln County film shoot
Ken Kesey’s novel “Sometimes a Great Notion” was set on the Oregon coast, and the 1971 film was shot in Lincoln County.
Charley DePoe and the name of Depoe Bay
Depoe Bay is named for Charley DePoe, a Siletz man whose family held land near the harbor. The story behind the name.
Conde McCullough, the engineer who gave the coast its bridges
A profile of Conde B. McCullough, Oregon’s state bridge engineer, whose 1930s coastal bridges include the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport.
Mark Hatfield and the marine science center that carries his name
Former governor and U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield is the namesake of OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.