Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve is partnering with a variety of other coastal organizations this fall and winter to offer a slate of interactive and engaging public programs, including opportunities to learn about and care for the Oregon Coast.

The history of Halloween dates back to the ancient Celts, who held festivals to celebrate the end of the harvest season during which they would dress in costumes to protect themselves against spirits, which they felt were too close for comfort this time of year.

The Celtic Music Series continues at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Thursday, Nov. 4, with a performance by Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter.

At the end of October, runners will gather in Newport to test themselves in a six-, 12- or 24-hour race, repeating a 2.4-mile loop as many times as they can at the Dia de los Muertos Endurance Run.

To help celebrate Dia de los Muertos, Lincoln City’s Driftwood Public Library is giving out free “nicho” craft kits.

Look out, boy billionaires — she's coming!  On a recent sunny morning in Lafayette Park, a very little girl of surely no more than six set up shop adjacent the children's play area as a purveyor of hot coffee and home-made chocolate chip cookies

The beach will be lively with locals and tourists alike this weekend as they gather to stare in awe at the colorful shapes flying high above them.

Many of the pumpkins have been picked, and plenty of people have perambulated through the corn maze at the Hydrangea Ranch in TIllamook.

The lovely and lively campus at Lakeview Senior Living in Lincoln City is the site for two upcoming Halloween events: a haunted scarecrow contest and a socially distant Trunk or Treat.

Always on the lookout for two-person games, I mentioned to my husband that our friend Jane Mulholland and her husband play cribbage, a good game for two.

Some compelling art has washed up on the lawns at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

The main rule at Tastebuds Bistro is that there are no rules.

Highly trained K-9 unit dogs and their handlers help to apprehend criminal suspects when other means fail. But sometimes, even they need to take a break and have some fun.

Salt. It purifies. It preserves. It seasons. To be the salt of the earth is to enhance the lives of the people closest to you.

The fall is off to an energetic start at Oregon Coast Community College as students, faculty and the community return to campus after more than 18 months of limited access.

The elves at Explore Lincoln City are planning to make this year’s holiday lights celebration bigger and brighter than ever.  

While cruising down the hallway inside the Lincoln City Cultural Center, you might catch a glimpse of Hegira, a large free-form fiber art piece proudly displayed in the Fiber Arts Studio Gallery.

Sharpen your carving knives and strike fear into the heart of any nearby gourds — it’s time for the Newport Recreation Center’s inaugural Pumpkin Carving Contest.

Renowned wood and fiber artist Monica Setziol-Phillips is exhibiting her work along with seven of her former students in the new show at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

In 1942, carmakers began making war materials instead of cars, the minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18, American and Filipino defenders were forced to march on the “Bataan Death March” and the US led its first air raid attack on the Japanese Main Islands.