A drop in the salmon population has spurred Oregon lawmakers to seek a fishery disaster declaration. Learn more here.

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The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that three bridges in Oregon be evaluated for vulnerabilities. Learn more about it here.

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Seaside is set to host the 13th Annual Oregon Ghost Conference March 21-23. Find out more about the event here.

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Oregon’s state parks had a record-breaking amount of visits in 2024. Learn more here.

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“The park system recorded a combined 56.6 million day-visits and camper nights to narrowly edge out the previous record set in 2021. It happened despite some of the state’s largest parks being closed for an extended period.”

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Oregon State Parks will hire more than 200 seasonal workers this spring and summer. Learn more here.

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Friday evening, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Coos Bay. Learn more about it here.

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A rare fish that lives in complete darkness at 2,000-3,300 feet has washed up on the Oregon coast. Find out more here.

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The season is now open for harvesting razor clams on Oregon’s central coast. Learn more via OPB here.

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In this OPB file photo from 2017, Seaview resident Andi Day digs for razor clams in Long Beach, using a clam gun passed down from her grandmother.

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Dangerous surf conditions close clamming. Learn more here.

(Seaside, Oregon) – Razor clamming at Seaside to Warrenton remains closed this week, although it was scheduled to open on October 1. Every July, Clatsop Beach goes through a clamming conservation closure to maintain the thick population, and then is supposed to reopen on October 1. (Photo Seaside Aquarium)

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Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Cape Lookout Beach on the Oregon coast.

You can now book same-day camping reservations on the Oregon coast. Find out more here.

SALEM, Ore (KTVZ) — Visitors hoping to camp last-minute at the coast can now check online to view and book same-day openings when sites are available, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said Wednesday.

Previously, visitors could only make online reservations 24 hours or more in advance of their arrival. Now coast visitors can make online reservations on the same day that they plan to camp.

The new option is part of a pilot program at the coast. The goal is to offer campers the security of knowing they have a site booked before they leave home, and to give park staff more time to offer interpretive opportunities and maintain park facilities and landscapes and provide a safe camping experience.

“Same-day reservations at the coast give those traveling the peace of mind that there is a place ready for them when they arrive,” said Coastal Region Director Dennis Comfort.

The coast is the busiest region in the Oregon State Parks system, with an estimated 1.9 million camper nights reserved each year across the 17 campgrounds. A camper night is one camper for one night, so a group of four camping two nights totals eight camper nights.

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