Just two days shy of his 80th birthday, Jerry Goetsch passed away in his sleep on July 30th, 2025. Jerry, or Jerry, was born to Francis and Marie (McIntire) Goetsch in Newman, California, on August 1, 1945. His older sister,…

Today when we think of a ship being bar bound, we think a few days, but that hasn’t always been the case.

A headline in the Jan. 9, 1936, Western World told of a workers’ strike at the local mill.

Darell was born to Adna and Mable Holycross. He lived in the Coquille and Arago area until he was 7 years old, then moved to Langlois. He married Barbara Seeber in 1948 and had 3 children. Ron, Judy and Joni,…

It was more than 60 years ago (November 1963) when I had a front-page article and photo of two young Coast Guardsmen who had narrowly escaped death on the Bandon bar in the Western World.