BANDON -- Bandon School District employees were honored by Superintendent Doug Ardiana during a retirement celebration in the district cafeteria on June 6. Each employee was given a framed scenic photo of Bandon taken by Susan Dimock.

BANDON -- Alive After Five returns to Bandon for a special Fourth of July edition on Monday from 5 to 7:30 p.m. This event is free and features art, music, food, refreshments and other activities. Many Old Town shops will…

With the long weekend coming up, there is plenty of time to DIY your own party essentials for your festive Fourth of July celebration! From party decorations and lawn games to treats and drinks, we€™ve got you covered this Independence…

BANDON -- Bullards Beach State Park presents its summer programs for 2016. The programs at 7 p.m. unless otherwise indicated, in either the amphitheater or the meeting yurt and are free and open to the public.

Editor's note: Bandon resident Mara Rutherford is completing her degree in public health from Oregon State University by spending 10 weeks in Ghana, Africa. She is blogging and sending updates to the Bandon Western World.

Bandon High School Class of 2016 Scholarships and Future Plans

Among the old (and I do mean old) negatives that I found in my uncle's darkroom recently were a group from commencement exercises for the 1957 Bandon High School graduating class, of which I was a member.

BANDON — On Monday, July 4, the Greater Bandon Association, City of Bandon, Bandon Chamber of Commerce, Bandon Lions Club, Face Rock Creamery, Port of Bandon, and VFW Medal of Honor Post No. 3440 Bandon are all teaming up to…

BANDON — On Monday, July 4, the Greater Bandon Association, City of Bandon, Bandon Chamber of Commerce, Bandon Lions Club, Face Rock Creamery, Port of Bandon, and VFW Medal of Honor Post No. 3440 Bandon are all teaming up to…

BANDON -- A meeting to explain the status and schedule of the electrical work and street reconstruction being done in Old Town will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, in council chambers at City Hall, 555 Highway 101.

BANDON – Alive After Five returns to Bandon from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, June 17. The event is free and this is the first of the monthly activity for the season.

BANDON -- The Class of 2016 will graduate from Bandon High School at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Otis K. Murray Court.

As our front page story today indicates, we have a potential disaster on our hands in the advancing threat of sudden oak death, the fungal infection that’s devastated timberland in California and has been slowly advancing in the last decade…

BROOKINGS — Curry County Commissioner David Brock Smith's eyes widen in amazement as he scans the landscape near Brookings.

COOS COUNTY – Nearly 10 months have passed since the Coos County Sheriff's Office had to prematurely say goodbye to K9 Neeko, but his successor has already begun to put his best paws forward.

NORTH BEND — “Kids need to know they are part of something that's been here a long time,” said historian Steven Greif about a project he's been working on since 2010.

BANDON -- Beginning Memorial Day weekend, the Bandon Historical Museum will be open seven days a week. The museum runs its summer Hours from Memorial Day through the Cranberry Festival in September. The rest of the year the museum is…

I was very excited to get an email this morning from my friend Gary Carter in Port Orford. He, too, is a plant lover and cares enough to share resource information valuable to anyone who wants to help save our…

COOS BAY — Oregon Coast Culinary Institute students are getting an education in the distinctive foods of the Celtic nations in time for the South Coast Celtic Fest on May 7.

BANDON -- The Bandon Cranberry Festival is seeking members for the 2016 Cranberry Court.