What kind of magical thinking led Diana Turner and Lisa Kerr to the conclusion that 100 oceanfront property owners would not challenge the City of Cannon Beach’s recent ordinance banning a practice that has been carried out for the last 20 years?
Fifty years have passed since the afternoon of May 11, 1970, when - supported by regular officers - 20 members of the Tactical Operations Platoon of the Portland Police Bureau, applied 42-inch…
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In these unprecedented times, I found myself reflecting more and more on the importance of tradition. Our great nation is rooted in many wonderful traditions. They bind us together, they stren…
We write regarding the notices to appeal the Cannon Beach City Council’s decision to disallow dune grading for views by both the Breaker’s Point and the Chapman Point HOAs.
I was profoundly disappointed to read of pending lawsuits filed by the residents of Breakers Point and Chapman Point.
Recently, the Cannon Beach City Council revised the dune management plan to exclude dune grading for views.
Let’s be clear: the Breakers Point and Chapman Point HOAs are appealing the City of Cannon Beach’s foredune management plan so they can bulldoze our state-owned dunes in order to improve their…
The Friends of the Dunes applauds the City of Cannon Beach for its thorough process in updating the foredune management plan.
COVID-19 still prompts north coast residents to shelter at home. Cannon Beach Library remains closed, which keeps visitors away, library programs canceled, and others rescheduled until after M…
The Cannon Beach Library remains shuttered until health authorities deem it safe to open for patrons. Stay home and healthy.
With coronavirus pillaging the land, politicians shut the gates on such social and cultural barns as public libraries.
Dear Editor: Well, Cannon Beach mayor and City Council, after the Savor Cannon Beach fiasco, are we awake and listening?
Timber Unity has a mission statement to the effect that it will work to protect Oregon communities and jobs. It is a thoroughly worthy objective. I have no doubt that its members are sincere i…
This column traditionally emphasizes upcoming events, activities, speakers, authors and new titles at the Cannon Beach Library, as it did in the previous Cannon Beach Gazette.
With layoffs and quarantines looming from the COVID-19 pandemic, Oregon policymakers should modify the state’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program to help workers and businesses cope with the …
The antidote to Oregon’s vitriolic 2020 legislative session came in a phone call from a woman who had a basic question for me: “How am I supposed to survive?”
Coronavirus concerns are on everyone’s mind. One of the most important questions that looms large is how we can help each other. How can we each make a difference?
Utah seldom is cited, at least in recent years, as a hotbed of liberal or feminist politics, but - although Wyoming was the first state to extend voting rights to women - females in Utah actua…
Cap and trade—or alternatively cap and invest—is intended to address human causes of global warming by a progressive capping of greenhouse gas emissions and imposing a cost on resulting pollut…
Before reminding readers of upcoming events and activities at the Cannon Beach Library, let’s tease Daniel Okrent’s new book on pseudoscientific efforts to limit, if not end, immigration durin…
I started out picking strawberries for our neighbors at 6 years old, and graduated to picking black caps at 10. From then, I moved to hauling hay and working on a dairy.
As daylight shrank and winter weather became the reality last November, the Northwest Authors Committee invited residents and visitors to the north coast to submit poems, stories and essays re…
Marjorie MacQueen recently purchased several nonfiction titles for the library’s new arrivals shelf. Only two of them, thankfully, focus on Donald Trump.
Two clean energy ballot initiatives will move forward after a Marion County Judge ordered the Secretary of State to allow the measures to proceed. Judge David Leith ruled Thursday, Jan. 16, In…
Breathing smoke from burning wood in chimneys and woodstoves can harm a person’s health, and several cities and counties stand ready with grant dollars to help people switch to better forms of…
For readers particularly interested in the history of Oregon’s most extreme geological events, participants in the upcoming Cannon Beach Reads, led by Lila Wickham, will discuss William L. Sul…
Michael Henderson, the managing broker of Duane Johnson Real Estate in Cannon Beach, says real estate trends have shifted due to the pandemic - but his office has seen a high volume of interes…
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Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) today released a list of state park campgrounds that are scheduled to open with limited services within the coming days.
A Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District levy increase of 35 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value passed with 60% voter approval, according to district officials.
The Coast Guard and partner agencies rescued three adults and four children from the cliffs south of Yaquina Head near Agate Beach along the Oregon Coast.
The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners voted Friday, May 29, to approve a plan for easing restrictions on hotel, campground and vacation rental operators.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announce the opening of the south-central coast beaches for recreational razor clamming. Recent…
The city of Cannon Beach is working on ways to help ease businesses into the re-opening phase.
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Gov. Kate Brown approved Clatsop County’s plan to reopen effective May 15, according to county press release.
Gov. Kate Brown announced Sunday, May 31, that she asked for and has received the resignation of Oregon Employment Department Director Kay Erickson. Effective immediately, David Gerstenfeld, p…
The Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities (The Alliance) is excited to announce that it has been awarded a ‘Pathways to the Liberal Arts Initiative’ planning grant by The Te…
Oregon consumers can get a first look at requested rates for 2021 individual and small group health insurance plans, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced today.
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Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) released Friday, May 29, a list of state park campgrounds that are scheduled to open with limited services within the coming days.
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden recently announced that $5 million in federal funding will be distributed to 102 rural health clinics throughout Oregon to help boost their co…
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) seeks public comments on a fish passage waiver application and an exemption request by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). The request…
As Oregon grocers prepare to restart accepting empty beverage container returns, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) is announcing additional adjustments in retailer redemption require…
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Gov. Kate Brown has directed approximately one million KN95 masks and 5,000 gallons of hand sanitizer for farmworkers and agricultural producers. This critical personal protective equipment (P…
The planning commission is the county’s committee for citizen involvement on development and land use issues, such as zoning, natural resources, transportation, natural hazards, economic devel…
ODFW biologists advise Oregonians to be on the lookout for turtles on roadways, bike paths or trails. During the months of May through July, female turtles begin searching for suitable nesting…
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning regarding a text messaging scam involving supposed COVID-19 contact tracing, and Clatsop County residents are urged to exercise caution and no…
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Jackpocket, the first third-party app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, announced Wednesday, May 20, its launch in Oregon. Oregonians can now use Jac…
Gov. Kate Brown ordered on Friday, May 22, flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Memorial Day on Monday, May 25, until noon. Oregonians are asked to observe the National Moment of Reme…
The Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) announced on May 5 that more than 351,000 students receiving free meals from Oregon schools will get additio…
The Coast Guard urges the public to be prepared when operating a paddle craft on the water this Memorial Day weekend as summer kicks off across the Pacific Northwest. As stay-at-home restricti…
Clatsop County and the cities of Astoria, Gearhart and Warrenton will modify restrictions placed on hotel, campground and vacation rental operators beginning June 5, under a draft plan release…
Let’s be clear: the Breakers Point and Chapman Point HOAs are appealing the City of Cannon Beach’s foredune management plan so they can bulldoze our state-owned dunes in order to improve their…
The Friends of the Dunes applauds the City of Cannon Beach for its thorough process in updating the foredune management plan.
COVID-19 still prompts north coast residents to shelter at home. Cannon Beach Library remains closed, which keeps visitors away, library programs canceled, and others rescheduled until after M…
The Cannon Beach Library remains shuttered until health authorities deem it safe to open for patrons. Stay home and healthy.
With coronavirus pillaging the land, politicians shut the gates on such social and cultural barns as public libraries.
Dear Editor: Well, Cannon Beach mayor and City Council, after the Savor Cannon Beach fiasco, are we awake and listening?
Timber Unity has a mission statement to the effect that it will work to protect Oregon communities and jobs. It is a thoroughly worthy objective. I have no doubt that its members are sincere i…
This column traditionally emphasizes upcoming events, activities, speakers, authors and new titles at the Cannon Beach Library, as it did in the previous Cannon Beach Gazette.
Utah seldom is cited, at least in recent years, as a hotbed of liberal or feminist politics, but - although Wyoming was the first state to extend voting rights to women - females in Utah actua…
Before reminding readers of upcoming events and activities at the Cannon Beach Library, let’s tease Daniel Okrent’s new book on pseudoscientific efforts to limit, if not end, immigration durin…
As daylight shrank and winter weather became the reality last November, the Northwest Authors Committee invited residents and visitors to the north coast to submit poems, stories and essays re…
Marjorie MacQueen recently purchased several nonfiction titles for the library’s new arrivals shelf. Only two of them, thankfully, focus on Donald Trump.
Two clean energy ballot initiatives will move forward after a Marion County Judge ordered the Secretary of State to allow the measures to proceed. Judge David Leith ruled Thursday, Jan. 16, In…
For readers particularly interested in the history of Oregon’s most extreme geological events, participants in the upcoming Cannon Beach Reads, led by Lila Wickham, will discuss William L. Sul…
Dear Editor: Apparently, Mr. Morgan heard nothing that was said by the Cannon Beach residents who spoke intelligently and eloquently about why they were against grading the dunes.
Dear Editor: Apart from the ad hominem attacks by my friend Diane and Commissioner Kerr, neither of them explained what, exactly, is wrong with grading the tops of dunes for views.
The Northwest Authors Series seeks submissions for the Second Annual Writers’ Read Celebration planned for Feb. 28 at the library.
Dear Editor: Mr. Morgan has engaged in the all- too-common practice of making a case by stating only the facts that are favorable to his point of view, in his recent guest opinion.
Dear Editor: In his guest opinion column in the Cannon Beach Gazette of November 29, 2019, Mike Morgan is doing his job as a paid consultant to the homeowners’ association along the Cannon Bea…
The Cannon Beach Library is inviting residents and visitors to its annual Holiday Tea on Dec. 7 from 1-4 p.m. at the library, 131 N. Hemlock St.
In November 2015, Councilor Benefield was quoted as saying: “I’m not opposed to grading… I’m just opposed to doing something without knowing what its effect is going to be.” (Daily Astorian, N…
Oregon memoirist and novelist Craig Lesley packed the children’s room at Cannon Beach Library last Saturday afternoon as he presented a stellar Northwest Authors Series reading from “autobiogr…
In response to David Dornbusch’s Oct. 21 letter, “Alligators in Ecola Creek?,” where he whimsically compares allowing European beach grass in our dunes to the possibility of allowing alligator…
At the risk of repeating news related in the last column, let’s quickly review events upcoming in November.
Last Wednesday, the Cannon Beach Reads group discussed Hope Jahren’s “Lab Girl,” an uplifting yet realistic memoir.
Dear Editor: Did someone release pet alligators into Ecola Creek? Are they multiplying and eating our native ducks, gulls and an occasional elk?
Reminder to readers: The Northwest Authors Series brings Oregon novelist Stephen Holgate to the Cannon Beach Library on Oct, 12 at 2 p.m. And Cannon Beach Reads will discuss Jahren Hope’s best…
Dear Editor: As a north coast parent, I think regularly about what our local schools need to prepare our children for success. We need smaller class sizes, so kids get more one-on-one attentio…
Readers are reminded that the annual Fall Festival is Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at the library.
With Labor Day Weekend a memory, Cannon Beach residents anticipate a gradual decline in the numbers of visitors and vehicles in our village, as September bookends blue skies and warm afternoon…
This year’s Fall Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28, is taking shape.
I make a point of checking on new library acquisitions regularly, especially new non-fiction titles Marjorie MacQueen adds to the Cannon Beach Library collection. I just received her list of n…
Hello Friends, I have spent much of the past year arguing that that Oregon needs, at long last, to get serious about emergency, earthquake, and tsunami planning.
New Office Manager, July Fourth Book Sale and Discussion of Albright’s “Fascism”
Not long ago, I attended a Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting and sat next to John Buehler, who quickly reminded me of how we first met.
Dear Customers, Friends, and Family:
This column ran in The Gazette 11 years ago. Granddaughter Emmersen has finished her freshman year of college. But this memory is vivid and the message timeless. Thank you for reading it.
Every Fourth of July morning for three decades, Cannon Beach residents and visitors, cups of java in hand, gather along Hemlock Street for two events—the Independence Day Parade and the Cannon…
We would like to thank the community of Cannon Beach and the Seaside School District for being so supportive of the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum and our decision to purchase the fo…
During the summer months library volunteers greet the return of an increasing number of patrons borrowing the latest mysteries by favorite authors, consuming seductive beach reads and combing …
Two weeks ago, I reintroduced myself to the Cannon Beach Chamber following our company’s reacquisition of “The Gazette.”
At The Library: Library elects board members, officers; Schedules Portland novelist and 2 book sales
Speaker programs, discussion groups, a contemporary collection of important books and a busy book-sale room, connect residents and visitors with significant books, important local writers and …
We are at a crossroads in this town. We are well on our way to being simply a destination resort. What does that mean? It means that our local government is most concerned with bringing more a…
The following statement was issued by Anthony Smith, Oregon state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, following yesterday afternoon’s 18-to-11 State Senate passage of…
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Every year, I’m struck by the powerful — and often, opposing — emotions that Memorial Day stirs.
The following statement was issued by Anthony Smith, Oregon state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, following yesterday afternoon’s 18-to-11 State Senate passage of…
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Hello Cannon Beach, I’m Joe Warren the new publisher of the Cannon Beach Gazette. I can’t wait to make the rounds and meet everyone.
Between April and May, programming at the Cannon Beach Library changes noticeably. Soon the crush of tourism will impede the library’s ability to find vacant rooms for visiting authors and ope…
It’s hard to write a farewell column when I’ve only been here four years. That’s less than the lifespan of some razor clams.
That dogs have powerful noses is a well-known fact. The term “sniffari” is endearingly used by some dog lovers to describe the safari-like sniffing excursions that healthy dogs enjoy so much. …