Rockaway Beach News

Conditions for Rockaway Beach, OR at 1:11 pm PST Current Conditions: Light Rain, 57 F Forecast: Mon - Rain/Wind. High: 61 Low: 47 Tue - Rain/Wind. High: 52 Low: 40 Full Forecast at Yahoo! Weather Umpqua River Lighthouse Our lighthouse tour has included the Tillamook Head, Cape Meares, Yaquina Head, Yaquina Bay and Heceta Head lighthouses.

Mary F. Meireis A A Mary Fern Meireis, formerly of Newberg, died Nov. 8, 2009, at her Redmond home.

In July, the Land Conservation and Development Commission rejected a request by the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition to adopt a new land-use goal.

From BBC News : A surfer walks in from the ocean as a fog rolls in at Rockaway Beach in New York, October 4, 2009.

A big Sitka spruce along Astoria's Cathedral Tree Trail. A few giant trees remain in Oregon's coastal forests.

Teacher Drew Wilson reads to students in an after-school enrichment program at Portland's Chapman Elementary in fall 2007.

Coast Guard, multiple agencies respond to capsized vessel near Manhattan Beach, Ore.

Welder and gunsmith Jim Rector, at his La Grande shop with a World War I-era shotgun, says he's prepared if Western civilization collapses, as modern survivalists fear.

An 8-year-old girl was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when hit by a log while playing on the beach.

An 8-year-old girl was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when hit by a log while playing on the beach.

An 8-year-old girl was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when hit by a log while playing on the beach.

There are treasures on Oregon's coast that aren't found beneath the sand, but just above the vegetation line.

There are treasures on Oregon's coast that aren't found beneath the sand, but just above the vegetation line.

Share + Aug 3, 2009 10:41 am US/Eastern New York City's Parks Department has started an investigation after a lifeguard was photographed wearing music headphones -- a practice that could keep him from hearing a cry for help.

Whale spouting near Seaside It's not simply been the place of respite and escape from the heat for humans, but interesting critters both microscopic to massive have been buzzing about the beaches lately.

PORTLAND, Ore. Popular Oregon beaches have levels of fecal bacteria pollution from human and animal waste higher than national standards, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council .

Spring break means loads of fun activities at the coast's most high profile tourist attraction: the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

The seminal north Oregon coast landmark Pelican Pub and Brewery took 10 prizes in the 2007 Australian International Beer Awards recently: a complete sweep for the brewery after submitting 10 of their finest beers for this year's competition.

Newport's Yaquina Bay will get to celebrate Earth Day as well, as it gets a good cleaning and grooming, thanks to a partnership between SOLV , the Oregon Coast Aquarium and Thompson's Sanitary.

The Nehalem Bay area, on the north Oregon coast, presents one of the more intricate and intriguing set of delights on the area, albeit rather clandestine in many ways.