Winchester Bay News

Police have identified a man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash Monday evening on Highway 138 West.

A land use moratorium ordinance in effect for Winchester Bay since 2003 has been lifted, according to officials from the Winchester Bay Sanitary District.

These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center.

Small-craft advisories are in effect today, and some stiff winds and big swells are forecast to continue into the weekend.

Deeper cuts slated from the ever-shrinking federal timber safety net have officials from the Douglas County Parks Department scrambling to consider how they will continue to keep parks open.

The lens inside the Cape Blanco lighthouse, built in Paris in 1935 by Henry LePaute and still in use.

Reedsport's James Barrone Park recently received some much needed upgrades thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers.

These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center.

These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center.

Working hard to save and improve lives in the community, the Winchester Bay Volunteer Fire Department gets some special recognition over the weekend for the service they provide to the area.

Wood carvers, painters, weavers, you name it, and they were probably there at the annual Art by the Bay Festival in Winchester Bay held over the weekend.

This annual festival kicks off at 6 a.m. Saturday and Sunday with a bass tournament.

Jonathan Swift was quoted as saying, "He was a bold man that first ate an oyster," and today people eat them raw, smoked, boiled, fried, stewed, canned, pickled, steamed, or grilled.

Winchester Bay is preparing for an influx of visitors this weekend for it's fifth annual Art by the Bay celebration.

It wasn't a magic show but fans in Winchester Bay were looking for smoke and mirrors during this weekend's 17 Annual Kool Coastal Cruisers event.

USA UTV Turbo's DOMINATE at DuneFest 2009! Salida, CO, Aug. 4th, 2009 MCX-USA Turbos dominated every UTV event at DuneFest 2009 in Winchester Bay, OR.

USA UTV Turbo's DOMINATE at DuneFest 2009! Salida, CO, Aug. 4th, 2009 MCX-USA Turbos dominated every UTV event at DuneFest 2009 in Winchester Bay, OR.

WINCHESTER BAY, Ore., -The sand never settles here on the South Coast but it's about to get a lot more action, as Dunefest 2009 kicks off this week in Winchester Bay.

A coldwater upwelling event pushed tuna farther offshore last week and put salmon and rockfish off the bite.

But if you head for the Oregon Dunes, you might have to contend with close to 10,000 other people at a oeDunefest a 09a near Winchester Bay .