Depoe Bay News

Greg Hublou, of Tillamook, is one of the volunteers who, under state supervision, is chasing cormorants in Tillamook Bay and where the Tillamook, Trask and Wilson Rivers feed into the bay on the Oregon Coast.

ODOT and other Oregon officials are urging extreme caution when it comes to a major bike event to and from the Oregon coast this weekend, as hundreds of bicyclists will be sharing the road with motorists in a wide cross-section of the western part of the state.

To paraphrase an old clich from dozens of blues songs: if it weren't for weird luck, I'd have no luck at all.

Ah, the pleasures of Rockaway Beach in the spring and early summer. School gets out soon, and that is the biggie in this part of the north Oregon coast.

The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is welcoming back Portland musician Robert Richter on Friday May 24th, 2013.

A tipster reports that chef Justin Wills - of Depoe Bay's acclaimed Restaurant Beck at Whale Cove Inn - has plans to open a restaurant in Portland proper.

Portland chef Gabriel Rucker won the James Beard Foundation award Monday night for "Best Chef Northwest". Rucker beat fellow nominees Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quinonez Denton of Ox , John Gorham - Toro Bravo , Naomi Pomeroy - Beast , Gabriel Rucker - Le Pigeon , Adam Sappington - The Country Cat , Cathy Whims - Nostrana and Justin Wills of ... (more)

May brings more birding and nature events to the central Oregon coast, as the Yaquina Birders & Naturalists group of Newport plans another lecture and a field trip.

East winds will be the culprit for some massive warm spells on the Oregon coast this weekend, bringing some areas up into the low 80's. Weather forecasts differ slightly depending on the outlet, but all agree Saturday and Sunday are staring down the barrel of 80-degree weather over the weekend.

A Queen Anne Victorian house built in 1892, it stands much the same as it did over 100 years ago, with a fireplace in the parlor, natural Douglas fir tongue and groove ceilings and period decor.

May 5 brings the 2nd Annual Coast Hills Classic Mountain Bike Race to Newport's South Beach area, a race that's part rugged and rough ride and part fundraiser.

The Coast Guard says it saved 35 tons of shrimp when it helped two fishing boats that became disabled off Tillamook Bay and Depoe Bay.