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Highway 101 south of Port Orford is open with minimal to no delays. The “Arizona Slide” that occurred in early January 2023 briefly closed the road, but it reopened to traffic later that month. While work on the road continues, vacationers will find passage open to vehicles, including RVs, with […]
STORY BY JENNIFER GERVAIS Gray whales travel twice a year between their summer feeding grounds in Alaska and the warm lagoons of the Baja Peninsula, passing close to the Oregon coast along the way. They pass in large numbers during the darkest days of December, prompting crowds to brave the […]
In 1852, a schooner went off course and wrecked on Coos Bay’s North Spit. The survivors set up temporary shelter now known as Camp Castaway. Story by Michael Shay Editor’s Note: This story appeared in the September/October 2017 issue of Oregon Coast Magazine. “The vessel sprung a leak soon after […]