DUNES CITY, Oregon — Oregon’s has a Sahara by the Sea, and it is one of the state’s most unique geologic features known far and wide as the Oregon Dunes! There are so many ways to explore the Oregon ...

When Frank Herbert wrote Dune he was a newspaper reporter in Florence, Oregon. The stark sand world that inspired his sci-fi classic is still orbiting the central Oregon Coast. Even without the ...

A hiker skirts the snaking edge of a sand dune north of Florence, Oregon. A century ago, coastal dunes threatened to overwhelm the city of Florence, Oregon. The sand swallowed roads, highways and ...

One of the most unique natural wonders of Oregon’s diverse landscape is its stretch of coastline between Florence to Coos Bay. Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, a 31,500 acre portion of the ...

Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 science fiction novel Dune tells the story of a future civilization fighting to control precious resources on a harsh desert planet. The book has been praised as the first ...

Released on March 1, Dune: Part Two has already earned over $200 million at box offices worldwide. The movie series is based on the late novelist Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel, in which colonizers ...

A new film adaptation of classic science fiction novel “Dune” has opened in U.S. theaters, bringing audiences back to the desert planet Arrakis, home of sand worms, spice, politics and war. While set ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s a road once taken, you’ll never want to leave: The “Cape Arago Highway” skirts a lonesome section of the Southern Oregon coastline. It leads you past so many intriguing sights ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Following a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect the sand dune phacelia as threatened under the Endangered ...

ASHLAND, Ore.— In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the sand dune phacelia as a threatened species under the ...