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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re fascinated by Frank Herbert’s Dune novels, you’ll definitely want to read Scott Timberg’s latest article in the Los Angeles Times, chronicling the book’s origins and legacy. Plus there’s ...

COOS BAY, Ore. — Oregon has a Sahara by the sea, and it is one of our most unique coastal geologic wonders, called the Oregon Dunes. This week, we visit its 32,000 acres of sand dunes, forests and ...

Offshore wind could be coming to southern Oregon's coast. The Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management, the federal agency in charge of an initiative to find more sources of renewable energy, has ...