Harbor News

Vietnam Veteran and Brookings resident Sam Vitale visits Azalea Middle School students Monday.

Shoppers purchase fresh vegetables Friday at Winter Farmers Market that will be open every Friday in the Chetco Grange Community Center.

Coast Guard personnel is conducting vessel safety spot checks and voluntary dockside exams in Harbor, Ore., starting Sunday, just prior to the opening of the Oregon Dungeness Crab fishery.

Kans are big business in Brookings-Harbor, and no, that isn't a typo. The program is called Kans for Kids, and Carlo Pelaccio, chairman of the can program sponsored by the Brookings-Harbor Lions Club, is the "Kan Man." On Saturday, the industrious Lions met at the Bankus Fountain at the corner of Fifth Street and Chetco Avenue to celebrate the one ...

The following information is taken from the daily logs of local law enforcement agencies.

A Fred Meyer employee helps Gold Beach resident Sharon Brown search a rack Tuesday for childrena s costumes that she can use to become a a oesuperhero who outgrew her costume.a Witches, pirates and vampires are still the top selling Halloween costumes, according to the National Retail Federation , but these aren't your parents' Halloween costumes.

Ryan Webster is hosting his Brookings a oereleasea party Saturday for his Silver Hilton vodka.

Brookings resident Heide Heikilla has been knitting clothes, babies and children for years.

GOLD BEACH A deputy district attorney moved to drop five felony charges against Drake Alexander Bettinger Friday as he said those four charges of being a felon in possession of firearms and one of a felon possessing a restricted weapon were being refiled in Federal District Court in Medford.

Garden club volunteer Betty Sine cares for plants as ODOT workers plan their next move for the roadwork project.

Mike Ramsay shows trophy he won at cook-off in Florence. It's official, the best chowder on the Oregon Coast is served at the Port of Brookings Harbor.

Desi Smith gets help from Jane Opiat operating a cider press owned by his parents, Keith and Elaine Smith.

The Oregon Tourism Commission, dba Travel Oregon, presented a check for $10,000 to the South Coast Partnership group on Friday, October 9, at the Business & Tourism Town Hall Forum in Bandon, Oregon.

The first big storm of the season doesna t deter local Monty Moncrief from fishing at the Port of Brookings Harbor Tuesday.

A herd of 20 artist-decorated bears arrived in Brookings Friday for the BruinFest, which is scheduled today from 4 to 7 p.m. during the Second Saturday Art Walk.

Suspicious conditions, 5:05 a.m.: Police received a report of a transient sleeping in the alley behind apartments in the 600 block Chetco Avenue.

A 15-member blue ribbon committee came before the Curry County Commissioners on Tuesday, September 29, to present recommendations from their studies, placing emphasis on how to finance the county's law enforcement district.

Lighthouse Assembly of God recently reached a milestone of ministering to people in the Harbor area the church celebrated its 50th anniversary.

A 47-foot motor lifeboat was launched to assist. Meanwhile, the engine on the pleasure craft was restarted so the motor lifeboat escorted the vessel back to its slip.

An officially-designated dog park, or off-leash area in an existing park, is long overdue in the Brookings-Harbor area.