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Newport's Fourth of July features a clambake, live music and pets, pets, pets!
Joey Chestnut
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut returns to Chinook Winds July 11 for Smokin' at the Ocean, and the World Championship of rib eating contests.
Minus Tides
Here's a holiday plus: Minus tides abound on the beach.
COVER STORY: Pronto Pups | Perhaps the first corn dog, the Pronto Pup is beloved by Oregon beachgoers. This week, the treat returns to its birthplace, Rockaway Beach, for the community's 100th birthday celebration

July Fourth: Yachats | You prefer motorized parades? Well, La De Da!
July Fourth: Cloverdale | It's Red, White & Moo, during Clover's Day. Don't miss the parade!

July Fourth: Gleneden Beach & Lincoln City | Get caught in the Loop!

July Fourth: Newport | The aroma? Could be the Clambake; could be the smell of Independence!

Ernest Bloch | The SoundWaves program, and a busy July events calendar in Newport, honor the composer

Dining | Our daughter turns 9 on July 5. Whoop-de-do. Like all coast foodies, we're focused on our BLACKFISH, which turns 10 on July 4!


Pronto Pup
It was hard to resist the natural first instinct for a page one headline this week: "Children of the Corn Dog." Sigh. But we digress... Click to download the entire printed edition, in three oh-so-handy sections.
Dining | Lincoln City's Hilltop Inn: Great food, great service & great prices ... 20 years running

TIDES! | Lowest tides of the year? History. More minus tides? In your future!

Dining | Newport's Bay 839 is big on small plates ... and it's open late

Dining | SKW Brewing opens in Newport: A Mason Jar has never looked, nor tasted, so good!

Coast Calendar | If there's a better weekly calendar for Oregon Coast travel and activities, we'd like to see it. And plagiarize it.


In Concert | No flash photography, please, for the Hot Flashes

SoundWaves | Live music listings for Newport, Lincoln City, Pacific City, Manzanita, Yachats ... you get the drift.

COLUMN: Field Guide, By Darrel Faxon | If you’re tame, with lobed feet, you just might be a red-necked phalarope

COLUMN: The Sandy Phoenix, by H. Paul Bruncke | 'I have ate here.' At this, our columnist begins to weep.
COLUMN: One Man's Beach, By Matt Love | Fitting Dr. Beach for a malpractice wetsuit
Farmers Markets
Introducing the first-ever comprehensive guide to the markets, and the farmers, across Lincoln and Tillamook counties! A ground-breaking publication, dedicated to those who break the ground on our behalf. Use it to find the Farmers' Market nearest you!
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Recent Dining & Food Features

Blackfish Café | Hip. Fresh. Local. Great beach dining, to the power of 10. The Blackfish celebrates its birthday with a potlatch salmon dinner on July 4, and you are invited.
SKW Brewing in Newport | It's the talk of the Towne

Richen's at the Beach | Done big, done right, in Lincoln City.

Crestview Golf Club in Waldport | Crestview, Round Two

Gone Clamming | Looking for affordable Spring Break fun? Discover free seafood, on a mudflat near you.
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Shorepine Properties
Traveling the state? Don't miss the Running Y Ranch,
in Klamath Falls, found at Vacation Home Rentals OR.

Wild Woman Creations
Wearable art glass & decor. Classes, workshops or simply relaxed shopping, in an environment where "normal is NOT an option."
Have you heard the Today's official jingle? Here's Lincoln City resident Pat Dunne's version, which he wrote and performed. Thanks, Pat!...with apologies to Mr. Dunn, here's a version of the OCT jingle, with a twist ... a heavy, metallic twist. Thanks, Tim!
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