One mile east of Ona Beach, hidden deep in the tules along the muddy north bank of Beaver Creek, a male marsh wren whistles and buzzes a two-minute-long, 1980s-like arcade tune without ever repeating a note.

Lincoln City’s Bijou Theatre is currently unable to provide the big-screen experience fans of the art house theatre come for. But according to owner Betsy Altomare, a smaller screen doesn’t have to limit your entertainment experience. Now more than ever, actually, the small screen can open the world to you.

If you are one of the millions of people who helped Pluto the dog “Break the Internets” while she explained COVID-19 to the two-leggeds, the next members’ show at the Lincoln City Cultural Center’s Chessman Gallery, “Animal Influence in the time of COVID,” opening Friday, July 10, is for you.

I have tried many things over the years for stories in the Oregon Coast TODAY, including strapping on a pair of roller skates and practicing for a few months with a roller derby team, getting into a tiny plane and looking down on our beautiful coastline from miles above, and even trying a pole dancing workout when that was the next big thing. But in general, once the ink is dry on the story, I move on.

If you are looking for something positive to take away from the months of COVID-19 quarantine, it’s that while most humans were stuck indoors, nature was thriving.

The Oregon Coast TODAY is under new ownership, as of July 1.

Patrick Alexander, who has headed up the TODAY as editor and publisher since 2012, has purchased the TODAY from EO Media Group.

Farmers markets grew quickly in number and popularity in the past decade, but this year some new rules are springing up to help keep shoppers safe as they peruse locally grown produce and handmade crafts.

It had started out so well. A few successful short trips up and down the Siletz River on a 10-foot stand-up paddle (SUP) board had given me the confidence to set up my camera on a dock, strap my remote shutter release to my wrist and try to take a few selfies.

What always fits and never goes out of style? Cash, of course! That’s the grand prize in the sixth annual Culture, Of Course! 50/50 Raffle. With a limited number of tickets to be sold, the odds are as amazing as the cause: the nonprofit Lincoln City Cultural Center.

A purple sea star wraps its five rigid arms around a barnacle encrusted California mussel. Employing hundreds of tiny, hydraulically actuated tubed feet in unison, the sea star breaks the bivalve’s tenacious seal.

Libraries are supposed to be quiet places, but sometimes it takes a lot of noise to get them built. The following is the tale of the ladies of the Siletz Valley Friends of the Library, née the Siletz Civic Club, who have girl-power pride about taking a failing library and turning it into a treasure for their community.

This is a story about love. The kind of love that transcends race, gender, sexual and religious preferences, income and status. This is about a community rising up and giving to those in need. It is the response to the coronavirus, unemployment, housing shortages and hunger that blights Lincoln County.

When we heard that there was going to be a large Re-open Oregon Businesses rally happening on Saturday May 9, we thought we would tag along and get the scoop for our readers.