While you might lose a little by not being in the same room with the instructors and fellow students, the fact that you can now take an Oregon Coast Community College class from pretty much anywhere with an internet connection should more than make up for it.

Every year, original Christmas tree ornaments debut, reflecting popular culture or humorously summing up the year.

The true meaning of this holiday season is not lost in Waldport.  As the 37th year of Operation Santa brings food, toys and comfort to South County residents, it is also a reminder of how neighbors helping neighbors enriches the lives of everyone.

Maybe you’ve packed on a few extra pounds this year thanks to lockdown, but if you want to make yourself feel better, think of the Gray whales, who eat an average of 2,400 calories a day before heading south for the winter.

Looking for the perfect gift for the beach-lover in your life?

Thirty-five years ago, “The Goonies” literally put Astoria on the map, if the map you are talking about is the Oregon Film Trail, a statewide guide to iconic filming locations across Oregon.

For the past decade, organizations from local to state level have been busy ensuring that safeguards are in place to prepare for a tsunami at the Oregon Coast.

Wood-fired brick oven pizza with house-made dough, award-winning clam chowder, fresh seafood, a thoughtfully curated wine selection and even an ice cream truck during the warmer seasons — The Cafe on Hawk Creek goes above and beyond to serve its wide customer base.

Interested in safely preserving food for you and your family?

Many businesses and homeowners have decided to end what has been a particularly trying year on a bright note, upping their holiday decorations game and prompting the chambers of commerce in Lincoln City, Depoe Bay and Waldport to help organize holiday lights tours in their communities.

Nine months into the challenges created by COVID-19, Lakeview Senior Living in Lincoln City has been sharpening its adaptive edge with creative ways to reach out to the community.

I was raised by a teacher, and was taught to revere books in a way that put dog-earing them on the no-no list somewhere above cursing and petty theft and only just below murder.

Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery is presenting a mosaic of artists, brought together to create one multidimensional exhibit, “Tradition, Transgression, Transformation: Contemporary Mosaic Art from the Pacific Northwest,” starting this Friday Dec. 11.

For the past four years, Steve Lockwood, the owner of Mangia Italian Restaurant & Bere Wine Bar, has prepared top-notch Italian appetizers, entrées and desserts for locals and visitors to the Central Oregon Coast.

Get some artistic direction for your holiday gift giving at the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts Pop Up Craft Show, running Wednesday through Saturday, Dec. 16 through 19, at the Newport Visual Arts Center.

Join “plantsman” Dan Hinkley for an afternoon of wisdom and wit as he virtually takes viewers into the pages of his new book, then walks them through his celebrated garden on Tuesday, Dec. 15. at 2 pm.

Just north of the main streets of Yachats, as a nice alternative to the somewhat hulking Cape Perpetua Scenic Area that lies to the south, is a charming loop trail — actually three trails that can be woven together to form a triple crown of natural beauty.

Since starting this series of stories about items found in the ashes of the Echo Mountain fire, I’ve heard tales of loss and resilience, grace under pressure and the strength that can come from focusing on gratitude. But no story touched me like the one told to me by Julie Starr.

A few years into her ownership of Big Mountain Coffee Roasters, Chenoa Torklep has built a rhythm and customer base to weather both real storms, like the dramatic winter forces that draw people to the coast, and figurative, like the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The well-preserved main street, industrial influence from the paper mill and the frequent passing of trains makes Toledo the kind of town you might hear described in a Johnny Cash song.