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.

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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.

Although the Echo Mountain Relief Fund is North Lincoln County’s only nonprofit dedicated solely to serving the survivors of September’s devastating wildfires over the long-term, the immediate work of assisting survivors began mere hours after the evacuation orders were lifted.

Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County is launching its first fund-raiser to help address an ongoing housing shortage, exacerbated by the devastating Echo Mountain Complex fire, which destroyed nearly 300 homes near Lincoln City.

Coastal artisans are offering the chance to pick up one-of-a-kind holiday gifts while supporting victims of the recent Echo Mountain Fire as they host A Coastal Christmas Affair this Saturday, Dec. 5.

The colors and patterns of ancient Egypt infuse the works of Nancy Arthur Hoskins, whose textile creations will be presented in the “Memory of Egypt” show at the Lincoln City Cultural Center Fiber Arts Studio Gallery starting this Saturday, Dec. 5.

If you’ve ever created a ceramic dish, you probably experienced the pleasure, beyond the satisfaction of creating something with your own hands, of waiting to see what comes out of the kiln. No matter how carefully you choose and apply the glaze coloring, what results will be a surprise to all but seasoned ceramists.

When I first learned that one of the contributors to the Oregon Coast TODAY, Dana Grae Kane, donates her fees to the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, I knew I had found a person who writes truly for the love of writing.