Lincoln City News

Your typical gym class games such as soccer, basketball and dodgeball are things we in America take for granted.

The driver accused of fatally hitting a man attempting to walk from Seattle to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup was released from jail on Tuesday after telling the court he is in hospice.

One of my favorite 2012 running events was the Ocean's Edge 5k . The 2013 event is scheduled for Saturday, July 13. This race is held entirely on the beach in Lincoln City and is an out and back at low tide.

Forty-two-year-old Richard Swanson was hit and killed May 14, 2013 while walking south along U.S. Highway 101 in Oregon.

A suspect was arrested Monday for the hit-and-run crash that killed a man dribbling a soccer ball along U.S. Highway 101, police said.

Droves of people head to the Oregon coast to find treasure in the sand. And Lincoln City is a premiere seafood destination, no matter if you order it off the menu or go digging for it.

Every room is beachfront, and it's all right up against Lincoln City's most famous stretch of beach, next to the D River.

When news broke last month that a Seattle Sounders fan was killed by a truck outside Lincoln City, Oregon, while dribbling a soccer ball on the shoulder of Highway 101 -on the first and only leg of a journey to the World Cup in Brazil-it inspired double takes and some unfortunate jokes.

Karen Murphy will lead North Plains and John Allen will take the helm at West Union.

The Straub Environmental Learning Center is offering families the chance to learn about old-growth forests during an overnight camp in a beautiful location July 6-7 outside Lincoln City.

A recent trip to meet up with old friends from graduate school gave us an opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with them and with the Central Oregon Coast as it had been many years ago when we interned in Portland.

If you hit the "like" button on the Straub Facebook page between now and Monday, you'll be entered into a drawing for a family scholarship to the full weekend of outdoor adventures and learning experiences.

Jessica Lawrence began her cross-country bicycling adventure by dipping the wheels of her Vanilla Bicycle into the Pacific Ocean.

Lincoln County deputies say he is responsible for a Craigslist scam that has put renters in multiple counties out of their homes.

The Beach Dog Cafe is a small coastal cafe with loads of personality. Capitalizing on the name, it also features dogs of many varieties and pays homage to the four-legged breed with canine photos and bric-a-brac on every surface.

If you like catching crab there is OK news right now, but finding parts of them may be a series of stunning surprises.

On Saturday, Mike Huard and Felton Campbell oiled up their bulging muscles, donned skimpy bikini bottoms and marched onto the stage at the 2013 Oregon Ironman bodybuilding contest along with hundreds of other competitors - most of them 20-30 years their juniors.

A Seattle man attempting to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup for charity has died after being hit by a pickup truck on the Oregon Coast just 14 days into his mission.