We’re towing a broken-down, smog-belching brickbat to the Oceano Dunes and parking it right next to that fancy-schmancy, $75,000, rarely used sand rail dune buggy that was supposed to be such an ...

The state parks department bought this Funco dune buggy for $75,000 - $18,000 more than was originally quoted. John Pelonio Despite Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2009 order for state departments to cut ...

Two people died and three were critically injured in a collision late Friday of two sand rails at Sand Lake, about seven miles north of Pacific City. The accident occurred about 9:30 p.m. in an area ...

I've been at this journalism thing for the better part of 30 years now, long enough to know that if you're gonna write about off-road vehicles, you'd better be wearing a helmet. Because a lot of stuff ...

PACIFIC CITY, Ore. — Police still don’t know what led to a fatal crash of two sand rails at Sand Lake Recreation Area, but the deputy who patrols the popular dunes says it was only a matter of time.