Southwestern Oregon Preppers will be holding its monthly meeting at noon Saturday, May 22, at the Langlois Library, 48234 US-101, Langlois. The group will be meeting outside so bring something to sit on.

A proposal to raise property taxes to keep the North Bend pool afloat is leading in early returns Tuesday night.

I was trying to envision what the first plane to land on the Bandon Beach in 1920 might have looked like, so I chose this vintage plane, which landed at the Bandon Airport during a fly-in in the 1970s.

The Langlois Lions is hosting the annual Mary Hildebrand Memorial Plant Sale from Saturday, May 15, through Sunday, May 23, from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. daily. This open-air market is located at 94180 Kerber Lane. Masks are required. The sale…

I love this first picture I am sharing of the gas-powered Charm as it was docked at the Bandon waterfront sometime around 1915. The people aboard the Charm are obviously enjoying having their picture taken, with several of them standing…

U.S. Highway 101 was closed for about six hours Thursday after a fatal accident north of Bandon.

The Langlois Lions extends their gratitude to the community for all the contributions that enabled us to upgrade our building's heating system. Various local businesses and individuals had donated items our 2019 Holiday Craft Fair - specifically for this cause.

Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) recently announced that school districts in Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District are estimated to receive hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of the American Rescue Plan, critical COVID-19 relief legislation that was signed into law…

Art by the Sea will sponsor a class called Three Colors Only on March 25.

The Langlois Water District will have three positions up for relection this year. Position number 3 - Janet Hubel, 4 - Warren Fitzgerald and 5 - Judy Fitzgerald. The Langlois Water District desperately needs community support and volunteers to work…

Another Coos County resident has died with COVID-19, according to the Oregon Health Authority.

The first picture I am sharing this week is something that I have found interesting about Bandon's history .... and that has to do with the two Woolen Mills that were here in the late 1880s and early 1900s.

I love this old picture of the second of Bandon's school houses, built in 1894 and first occupied in 1895. The school census had reached 212, which was too many students for the one-story frame building near Edison Avenue and…

The story I am sharing this week is about how the crew of the Bandon Coast Guard (life-saving) station saved the lives of two Port Orford fishermen. The picture I am sharing was taken during a Coast Guard drill in…

May 1, 1937 – February 13, 2021

Art by the Sea is planning an abstract painting class for February.

The first picture I am sharing was taken during a fun day of water skiing on Floras Lake in 1958 by my late uncle, Lou Felsheim, who had a cabin on the lake. But I chose this picture because it…

June 5, 1931 – February 6, 2021

COOS COUNTY ─ The Coos Head Food Co-op is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

100 YEARS — 1921