Tag archive for ‘Coquille’

  • Mill-Luck Salmon Celebration

    A celebration of Native American & Coquille Tribal culture The Mill Casino-Hotel will host the eighth annual Mill-Luck Salmon Celebration Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10-11, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. This free event is inspired by traditional tribal observances of the return of salmon from the ocean to their upriver spawning beds. …

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  • Elk Creek Falls & the Big Tree

    The Coquille River valley along Highway 42 looked like it was on fire. A soupy haze of wood smoke and mist lay over the surrounding hills, shrouding them behind a faint blue curtain. I’m traveling southeast, climbing up and away from the coast into the hills in search of waterfalls. Traveling slowly, looking out the …

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  • Get some kicks at local theaters

    ‘Little Ole Opry’ offers music, comedy & fun 8 p.m., Saturday, July 10    Down on the Farm 8 p.m., Saturday, July 17    Rock & Roll 50′s 2 p.m., Sunday,   July 18    Rock & Roll 50′s 8 p.m., Saturday, July 24    Holy Cow Kicken Gospel 8 p.m., Saturday, July 31    Wild Wild West Little Theatre On …

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  • Desperately seeking wedge

    Boy did my pitching wedge pick a bad time to abandon me. Normally I can’t wait to get inside 120 yards so I can get a pitching wedge in my hands, but that definitely wasn’t the case on this day. That and John decides to shoot the best round of his life — a 79 …

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  • Course Review: Coquille Valley Elks Lodge Golf Course

    COQUILLE — For a private golf course, the nine-hole track at the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge  does a lot of public good. The course is the only facility on the South Coast that is private — golfers must be either Elks or their guests to play. But the exceptions to that rule all benefit the public. First, …

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