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.

I always love to find a bit of history about buildings like the old Two Mile Cafe, which will soon open as the Two Mile Bistro, four miles south of Bandon on Highway 101.

On March 13, 2025, at approximately 8:59 AM, the Coos County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a deceased individual at Johnson Mill Pond, a county park situated between Coquille and Myrtle Point. Deputies arrived at the scene and discovered…

I know I wrote about this a few years ago, but only shared one photo at that time, and people have been asking me about the pink building east of Face Rock Creamery lately, so I decided to share the…

I’ve chosen to share three articles from the front page of the March 9, 1933, Western World for this week’s history stories.

I found a great story in Dow Beckham’s book, Bandon-by-the-Sea, about the local Life-Saving Station, later referred to as the Coast Guard.

Eddie Rodriguez of Albany and Sailor Hutton of Bandon were the individual champions in the 43rd Prefontaine Memorial Run on Saturday in Coos Bay.