BANDON -- Applications are being sought for the Cranberry Festival's Royalty in Training program from those who wish to participate in the 2018 festival.

Oatmeal cookies and summer go together for me. Growing up, summer at my house meant days of swimming punctuated with lazy breaks featuring an outdoor table laden with hot weather treats: an icy pitcher of lemonade, a bowl of grapes…

With many layers of texture and flavor, this creamy broccoli salad recipe is a delicious vegetable side that pairs with almost anything. If you can't find dried cherries, try cranberries or currants. Charred Broccoli with Almonds& Cherries.

When I picked up my Community Supported Agriculture box at Amber Waves Farm a few days ago, I was invited to take a bunch of rhubarb. It was beautiful and about 3 feet long. I had never seen such pretty…

I love this first picture that I am sharing this week because it is such a great picture of Bandon High School, which so many of us attended. This photo was taken during the Cranberry Bowl in 1961. If I…

COOS BAY — The casino is small. The restaurant is relatively small. But, if you're looking for good values, then Cafe 1297 at Three Rivers Casino-Coos Bay might just be the place you're looking for.

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The first picture I am sharing this week was taken on Charlie St. Sure's cranberry bog in October of 1961 as local plumber and fire chief Bob Schultz demonstrates a pump he has devised for helping water pick the berries.…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida boat builder absorbs $4 million in lost business and expects more pain. An Ohio pork producer is losing access to a vital export market and fears the damage will last years. A motorcycle shop near…

WASHINGTON — A Florida boat builder absorbs $4 million in lost business and expects more pain. An Ohio pork producer is losing access to a vital export market and fears the damage will last years. A motorcycle shop near Cologne,…

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The European Union is set Friday to slap tariffs on $3.4 billion in American products, from whiskey and motorcycles to peanuts and cranberries. India and Turkey have already targeted U.S. products, ranging from rice to autos to sunscreen.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States attacked first, imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum from around the globe and threatening to hit tens of billions of dollars in Chinese products.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States attacked first, imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum from around the globe and threatening to hit tens of billions of dollars in Chinese products.

CHARLESTON — The Charleston Fishing Families organization is looking for your best seafood recipes to share in a cookbook. It won't be limited to just seafood though, so if you have a favorite mushroom, cranberry, blackberry or something else that's…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Much of the rye whiskey aging in hundreds of barrels at Catoctin Creek Distillery in Virginia could end up being consumed in Europe, a market the 9-year-old distilling company has cultivated at considerable cost.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said Thursday that the grouping has targeted some iconic American imports like Harley-Davidson motorcycles and bourbon for tariffs in hopes that it will "make noise" and put pressure on…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Turkey is imposing tariffs on nearly two dozen U.S. products, ranging from cars to sunscreen, to strike back at Washington's sanctions on imported steel and aluminum.

Blackberry Bushstock on the Southern Oregon Coast arrived with farmers hosting thousands of honey bees, generally 144 hives at a time, brought in from out of the area. Much like Woodstock the farmer knew to expect a lot but just…