That used to be just the name of a catchy popular song and innumerable spirited horses. That changed Wednesday morning, September 9, 2020. The Echo Mountain Fire, centered in the nearby settlement of Otis, hideously feeding on homes the way blood-thirsty Moloch devoured sacrificial babies, encroached on Lincoln City, turning the sky into poison tomato paste, and choking us with smoke and ash.

After about three miles walking south from Lincoln City along the side of Highway 101 you pass Highway 229 right before the Siletz River Bridge. On the east side is Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

When the Echo Mountain wildfire broke out east of Chinook Winds Casino Resort, owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the managers immediately stepped up to offer hotel rooms to people who were being evacuated and even losing their homes.

Located just south of Pacific City, this refuge covers 1,202 acres, and is the largest in Oregon’s Coastal Refuge Complex.

oup can provide comfort in the winter and a cool respite in the summer. It’s the go-to for people caring for friends and family who are under the weather. And for Jennifer (Jen) Lee Reed and Joseph (Jay) Arce, owners of the new J & J Soup Bowl in Toledo, it was an important ingredient in their relationship.

The Newport Symphony will hold its first performance of the season this Saturday, Sept. 26, offering an intimate online get-together with Music Director Adam Flatt and members of the Newport Symphony Element String Quartet.

COVID-19 hasn’t been easy for anybody. For the staff at Oregon Coast Community College, who had spent months upon months successfully working to get the college independently accredited, the pandemic hit right when they should have been celebrating a victory.

The annual Cruizin’ for Crab event, happening in Waldport on Saturday, Sept. 26, will be bittersweet this year.

In an area where periods of consistent rain can be counted not just in days and weeks but, occasionally, months, the Echo Mountain wildfire brought communities throughout north Lincoln County face to face with a shocking new reality.

It was nearly five years ago when I first experienced the power of the Pacific Ocean.

The Echo Mountain Fire has brought destruction and devastation to the communities of Otis and Rose Lodge, and chaos, smoke and uncertainty to the neighboring town of Lincoln City.

Some people just seem to have it all figured out. Take John Matylonek for example.

As I have said before, the Oregon Coast Trail is in flux.

In an alternate universe, the Oregon Coast is very different.

Lincoln City locals know at least two things about Ethan Granberg and Danelle Lochrie: they make amazing food, and they really like to stay busy.

To encourage more people to explore the outdoors and engage in healthy habits, Tillamook County Wellness came up with 24 local day trips and outings and then made a game of it.

Have you ever been on a walk while you had a good grump going, came upon a rock painted with a random saying or pretty picture and had it totally turn your day around? That’s the feeling that the Lincoln City Rocks group likes to help get rolling.

Fireworks will light the night when Chinook Winds Casino Resort, owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, celebrates 25 years of operation. The anniversary weekend, postponed from June to Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29 and 30, also includes drawings, special bingo sessions and social giveaways.

This article is a little different — there isn’t one detour but several.

South of Yachats the Oregon Coast Trail takes Amanda’s Trail to the top of Cape Perpetua. For years, hikers have awaited a new, higher suspension bridge on the trail as the previous bridges were destroyed by a series of flash floods, and it might happen this fall.

News of delayed openings of Oregon schools might have created some panic in parents, but the Oregon Coast STEM Hub has a solution that could help start your kid on a path toward science, technology, engineering or math.