Like virtually every other state park on the Oregon coast, Port Orford Heads is yet another nice stop for a good view, a short walk or a place to have a picnic lunch.

Port Orford (population 1,200) is a blip of a town 20 minutes south of Bandon on the Oregon coast. The town boasts eight official art galleries, or one gallery per 150 residents.

Oregon is well known for its quiet, artsy mountain towns, but tucked away on its rugged south coast is Port Orford, an eclectic fishing village just waiting to be explored — especially by those ...

According to the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, commercial fishermen up and down the state netted more than $65 million for this native West Coast crab in 2017. In Port Orford, a town of just ...

PORT ORFORD, Ore. -- On Oregon's southern coast, the first reports of high water from expected tsunami waves generated by a Japanese earthquake call the effects minor and "extremely subtle" in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A high-surf advisory has been issued for the central and southern Oregon coast Wednesday as 22 to 25-foot waves will be possible for areas of central Oregon north of Port Orford.

HONOLULU (AP) - The first waves from a tsunami caused by a Japanese earthquake have reached the U.S. mainland along the Oregon coast.