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 […]

In 2013 and 2014, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome caused a mass die-off of sea stars along the Pacific Coast. Near-unidentifiable gelatinous bulks, the remnants of stars having fallen to wasting, littered the seafloor. One of Oregon’s keystone species, the sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), was decimated, and is now listed […]

On November 19, the city of Waldport unveiled of the new Louis Southworth bronze sculpture at the Alsea Bay Bridge Visitor Center & Museum. The sculptor, Peter Helzer, was on hand to speak about his work, as well as invited speaker Zachary Stocks, the executive director of Oregon Black Pioneers. […]