It was in August of 1946 that Western World carried a story about Arthur Dobney being discharged from the Coast Guard. A former chief boatswain’s mate and recently commander of the Coquille river station, he plans to complete his cranberry…

“Coast Guard station is commissioned here” was the headline on the Nov. 21, 1963, Western World.

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.