Sherry Wilmsen and Wilda Larsen, co-owners of the Red Roof Bakery, were close to becoming victims of their own success.

Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County is gearing up for the holidays with a virtual gingerbread house-making contest.

Do you know what the three Cs in LCCC stand for? For the next few weeks, they will stand for cookies, crafts and countdown, when the staff and volunteers at the Lincoln City Cultural Center launch the holiday season with some modifications to their treasured holiday traditions.

Roughly a decade ago, the publisher of this fine periodical, Patrick Alexander, his lovely wife, Krista, my husband Jesse and I set out on an adventure in the woods.

Patrick had chosen to write about a new outdoor activity called “Quests,” which are, to quote from the website: “Fun, free-choice learning adventures that use clues and hints to encourage participants to discover the natural, cultural and historical ‘treasures’ of place and community.”

Samaritan Evergreen Hospice in Newport is holding an online quilt sale through Wednesday, Dec. 2, with proceeds benefiting patients throughout Lincoln County and parts of southern Tillamook County.

The Schooner Restaurant & Lounge and Upstairs Bar & Grill are preparing for an annual Thanksgiving Day Benefit with a difference.

Thanksgiving in America is traditionally the season when family and friends step off life’s treadmill and come together to watch dad attempting to carve up a dried-out turkey with a steak knife, mom dusting off the Monopoly board and grandparents coming to terms with their granddaughter’s Celtic tattoo and nose ring.

Rocky habitats along the Oregon coastline are a primary attraction for the tourist economy and enrich the lives of all those living in coastal communities.

Commemorate your visit to the Oregon Coast with one-of-a-kind original glass float, being given away to some lucky winners by Newport merchants this winter.

Like many people who received evacuation orders during the Echo Mountain fire, Arlene and Lyle Gowing figured that safety officers were acting out of an abundance of caution and that they would soon be able to return to their home in the Salmon River Mobile Village.

For decades, North Lincoln County residents have prepared for a tsunami, a wall of destruction coming out of the Pacific. “Never turn you back on the ocean,” they said.

Chinook Winds Casino Resort will welcome back Comedy on the Coast this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21, with the show shifting to the Concerts by the Sea Showroom to allow for social distancing.

For most people at Thanksgiving, baking just one pie can be enough to tip them over the edge into a full-blown kitchen crisis.

Make sure you have something to write on when you tune in for another offering in the Authors in Conversation series on Saturday, Nov. 21, hosted by Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts.

On the Oregon Coast, the ability to have our canine companions with us most of the time feels like a protected right.

As both an environmentalist and claustrophobe who’s fairly horrified by the idea of being filled with chemicals and then placed in small, strong box for eternity, I was immediately intrigued to see the next speaker for the Art of Aging/Art of Dying program series presented by the Hoffman Center in Manzanita.

Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery welcomes art lovers into the fold with its latest show, “Beautiful Pulp,” a collection of paper, book and print art by Jane Hodgkins, Julia Goos and Helen Abe-Ichiens. 

Local bird enthusiasts flocked together recently to create and install eight new permanent interpretive signs along the Alder Island Nature Trail path in the Siletz National Wildlife Refuge. The signs serve to bring attention to the flora and fauna found along the trail, including great blue herons, red alders, Coho salmon and 12-spotted skimmer dragonflies. 

My children can be left alone in the car on mild days and will always be ridiculously happy to see me every single time we are reunited, even if I was only gone for five minutes. But with a vocabulary limited to “woof,” they’re a little dull in the conversation department. 

The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce is providing a safe way to get a head start on your holiday gift list by hosting an online auction featuring more than 50 locally donated items, open for bidding from Monday through Saturday, Nov. 16 to 21.