People often wonder why Newport has two lighthouses — Yaquina Head and Yaquina Bay – so close together at roughly 3.5 miles apart by sea. The answer is simple, but it’s not the oft-repeated ...

The 93-foot tall Yaquina Head Lighthouse was completed in 1872, but the lamp on top wasn’t lit until the following year because of a 19th-century version of, get this, supply chain problems.

Newport officials officially unveiled its newest open space on the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, the 12,000-square-foot Lighthouse Point. “The opening of this space is yet another example of ...

Newport's Rose Island Lighthouse, in the middle of Narragansett Bay's West Passage between Newport and Jamestown, has served as a beacon for vessels since 1870. Today, ...