The following is submitted from the Oregon State Sheriffs' Association, the Oregon Association of Chiefs of Police and the Oregon State Police.
Members of Cannon Beach Reads will meet via Zoom to discuss “My Antonia,” Willa Cather’s novel of pioneer life set in Nebraska prior to World War I. Phyllis Bernt, who grew up in Nebraska afte…
Oregon Hunters Association (OHA), a group of conservation-minded sportsmen, urges Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to develop and implement a policy to enhance and conserve migrat…
Cannon Beach is a popular destination in Oregon. I came for a brief visit 20 years ago, and was quickly hooked by the solace of the sea – the waves, whales, nesting birds, and tidal pools.
At the board of commissioners meeting on October 14, there was a lashing to the public about some of the letters being too harsh. There is no doubt that as residents we are frustrated. Having …
The Cannon Beach Library will open on Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. for limited browsing on a first-come, first-served basis for library card holders and visitors. Only two people may enter th…
I’m trying to make an informed decision on the race for House of Representatives District 32 between Suzanne Weber and Debbie Boothe-Schmidt. I’ve been impressed by what I’ve seen and read abo…
This November, I am finally looking forward to voting for a candidate instead of just voting against one. That candidate is Suzanne Weber.
We all want our families to be able to have reliable, good-paying jobs now and in the future. But the corporate interests behind Timber Unity PAC, along with Koch Industries and other large co…
Days after the Astorian endorsed Suzanne Weber as someone with “an independent streak who can partner with Sen. Betsy Johnson”, a mailer came from the mysterious Facts and Fairness PAC spreadi…
Suzanne Weber has experience as an educator, small business owner and she currently serves as the Mayor of Tillamook.
In Robert Potter’s letter on October 6, he bemoaned that Suzanne Weber doesn’t constantly scream her party affiliation from the rooftops, while Debbie Boothe-Schmidt announces her partisanship…
I am writing to voice my support for Debbie Boothe-Schmidt for my state representative. Debbie has roots in our community as a dedicated public servant and small business owner and was a stron…
HD-32 Candidate Debbie Boothe-Schmidt engages in untrue attack ads against Mayor Suzanne Weber. Recent letters to the editor lament the fact that this local season, rife with manipulation and …
This letter is in response to an “informational” mailer I received from Suzanne Weber. The information in the mailer was inaccurate and misleading. Suzanne’s opponent, Debbie Boothe-Schmidt, i…
Members of Cannon Beach Reads, meeting via Zoom, will discuss “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming,” edited by Paul Hawken, Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m.
The Cannon Beach Library’s Northwest Authors Series will host Portland author Apricot Irving via Zoom on Saturday, October 10, at 2 p.m. Irving will read from “The Gospel of Trees,” her 2018 m…
Debbie Boothe-Schmidt is the best choice to be our Representative for House District 32. Debbie has been a small business owner and a union member and leader for the last two decades. She know…
We Oregonians want to be safe from devastating wildfires like the ones that are burning now. The science is clear: If we do nothing to address climate change, disasters like these will only increase.
Fact and truth. Yes Suzanne Weber is a registered Republican, running for State Rep. Dist. 32, ant that is not a sin… Donald Trump is the President until Nov. 3, and the voters will decide at …
Debbie Boothe-Schmidt has over 60 endorsements from major organizations, labor unions and local leaders including laborers, teachers, service workers, social workers, nurses, city workers and …
The Cannon Beach Library’s Northwest Authors Speaker Series will host award-winning author Paula Butterfield Live on Zoom, Saturday, September 19, at 2 p.m. She will discuss “La Luministe,” he…
Hello, my name is Nicholas Bowling and I am writing to tell you why I will be voting Debbie Boothe-Schmidt for State Representative of House District 32.
We are in the grips of one of the worst economic collapses this country has experienced, a crisis of a magnitude many of us have not experienced in our lifetimes. How will we dig ourselves out…
Our economy here on Oregon’s North Coast relies on our environmental resources. We all treasure these resources, be they forests, soils, waterways, or ocean. We all understand that we must pro…
Although still physically closed to patrons during Covid-19, the Cannon Beach Library is expanding safe access to book and DVD collections through door-side pickup services, use of an online c…
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The Oregon Employment Department has begun paying the ‘waiting week’ for eligible Oregonians who received regular unemployment insurance (UI) benefits since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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North Coast Rocky Habitat Coalition held a virtual meeting Wednesday, Nov. 18, to discuss proposals for rocky habitat protections at Ecola Point and Chapman Point as part of the Rocky Habitat …
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations at an all-time high for the pandemic, Governor Kate Brown today urged Oregonians to remember that the entire state is under a Two-Week Freeze, and to …
COVID-19 has claimed 20 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 867, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25.
DMV is opening approximately 200,000 new customer appointment slots for dates into January and February 2021.
On Friday, Nov. 20, Oregon received approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Disaster SNAP …
On Sunday, Nov. 22, Oregon marked the third straight day of a record-breaking high of new COVID-19 cases, while Nov. 19 set a record for the number of hospitalizations, according to the Oregon…
COVID-19 has claimed 21 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 847, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24. The total number of Oregonians hospita…
OnPoint Community Credit Union announced Friday, Nov. 20, that it will open 20 new branches located within Fred Meyer stores across Oregon and Southwest Washington in 2021. This is the largest…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is discouraging Thanksgiving travel due to the rapidly increasing cases of COVID-19.
COVID-19 has claimed six more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 826, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23.
The Clatsop County Public Health Department on Monday, Nov. 23, reported 11 new local COVID-19 cases.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announce the closure of the remainder of the coast for recreational razor clamming. Recent razo…
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) invites Oregonians to head outside for some fresh air the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, also known as ‘Green Friday.’ OPRD will waive day-use p…
Though Thanksgiving may look different for many Oregonians this year, State Fire Marshal Mariana-Ruiz-Temple is asking residents to put cooking fire safety on their to-do list for the holiday.
For the third straight day, the Oregon Health Authority reported a record-breaking high -- 1,517 -- of new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Oregon, bringing the state total to 65,170.
On Thursday, Nov. 19, the State of Oregon announced it is joining the national Get Covered 2021 campaign, spearheaded by Get Covered America, Covered California, and the Kentucky Health Benefi…
While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused deep economic impacts across the state, the latest Oregon Revenue Forecast suggest an improving outlook.
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The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension are again partnering to provide free KN95 masks to farmworkers, farmers, ranchers, fishers, food processo…
The Dec. 1 commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed until at least Dec. 16 for the entire Oregon coast as testing shows crabs are too low in meat yield.
On Nov. 18, Oregon began a statewide Two-Week Freeze to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 across Oregon. Oregonians statewide are asked to stay home except for essential business.
Oregon hospitalizations for serious bacterial infections associated with injection drug use increased dramatically from 2008 to 2018, reflecting an urgent need to expand treatment and harm-red…
As the economic impacts of the pandemic continue, the Oregon legislature and Gov. Kate Brown have allocated millions more in grant funding for Business Oregon to deliver into the hands of smal…
The Oregon Health Authority on Thursday, Nov. 19, is reporting the largest daily number of COVID-19 cases and deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in Oregon.
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The city of Cannon Beach has been awarded $100,000 from the Small Cities Allotments program. The funds will be used to improve the Warren Way and Hemlock intersection.
COVID-19 has claimed 10 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 788, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18.
The Clatsop County Public Health Department on Wednesday, Nov. 18, reported six new local COVID-19 cases.
Governor Kate Brown announced that the state will commit $55 million in financial assistance to support Oregon businesses who have been impacted by COVID-19 restrictions.
Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in October from 7.9 percent, as revised, in September. For the past few months, Oregon’s unemployment rate has closely tracked the national un…
Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday, Nov. 17, issued Executive Order 20-65 following last week's announcement of a statewide freeze to stop the rapid community spread of COVID-19 in Oregon. In light of…
COVID-19 has claimed 13 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 778, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17.
Grocers and supermarkets will get a reprieve from complying with Oregon’s Bottle Bill redemption requirements starting Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 when the “Statewide Freeze” begins. The “Statewi…
I’m trying to make an informed decision on the race for House of Representatives District 32 between Suzanne Weber and Debbie Boothe-Schmidt. I’ve been impressed by what I’ve seen and read abo…
This November, I am finally looking forward to voting for a candidate instead of just voting against one. That candidate is Suzanne Weber.
We all want our families to be able to have reliable, good-paying jobs now and in the future. But the corporate interests behind Timber Unity PAC, along with Koch Industries and other large co…
Days after the Astorian endorsed Suzanne Weber as someone with “an independent streak who can partner with Sen. Betsy Johnson”, a mailer came from the mysterious Facts and Fairness PAC spreadi…
Suzanne Weber has experience as an educator, small business owner and she currently serves as the Mayor of Tillamook.
In Robert Potter’s letter on October 6, he bemoaned that Suzanne Weber doesn’t constantly scream her party affiliation from the rooftops, while Debbie Boothe-Schmidt announces her partisanship…
I am writing to voice my support for Debbie Boothe-Schmidt for my state representative. Debbie has roots in our community as a dedicated public servant and small business owner and was a stron…
HD-32 Candidate Debbie Boothe-Schmidt engages in untrue attack ads against Mayor Suzanne Weber. Recent letters to the editor lament the fact that this local season, rife with manipulation and …
This letter is in response to an “informational” mailer I received from Suzanne Weber. The information in the mailer was inaccurate and misleading. Suzanne’s opponent, Debbie Boothe-Schmidt, i…
Debbie Boothe-Schmidt is the best choice to be our Representative for House District 32. Debbie has been a small business owner and a union member and leader for the last two decades. She know…
We Oregonians want to be safe from devastating wildfires like the ones that are burning now. The science is clear: If we do nothing to address climate change, disasters like these will only increase.
Fact and truth. Yes Suzanne Weber is a registered Republican, running for State Rep. Dist. 32, ant that is not a sin… Donald Trump is the President until Nov. 3, and the voters will decide at …
Debbie Boothe-Schmidt has over 60 endorsements from major organizations, labor unions and local leaders including laborers, teachers, service workers, social workers, nurses, city workers and …
Hello, my name is Nicholas Bowling and I am writing to tell you why I will be voting Debbie Boothe-Schmidt for State Representative of House District 32.
We are in the grips of one of the worst economic collapses this country has experienced, a crisis of a magnitude many of us have not experienced in our lifetimes. How will we dig ourselves out…
Our economy here on Oregon’s North Coast relies on our environmental resources. We all treasure these resources, be they forests, soils, waterways, or ocean. We all understand that we must pro…
To those of you who are moving to the North Coast in order to flee unrest and high taxation, I would like to ask you to kindly vote for candidates this November who will continue to protect th…
I checked the statements of Debbie Booth-Schmidt’s opponent to see what was being said, and found some inaccuracies:
When you’re the new kid in town, you can never be sure when it’s okay to speak up.
Recently, Suzanne Weber touted an endorsement from a big business, PAC, as a reason to support her to represent our communities in Salem. Weber has taken thousands of dollars from corporate sp…
Since March, this column has offered little news about the Cannon Beach Library so you might want to sit down before reading that the library is experimenting with lending books and DVDs safel…
The Cannon Beach Library remains locked down, but the library board has been using the coronavirus closure as an opportunity to repaint, redesign the office, purchase physical shields, and pla…
Summer is here, COVID restrictions have eased, and it’s a beautiful time to get outside - with some considerations.
Recently, this column has ignored many books focused on the chaos surrounding all things touched by President Donald Trump.
Two weeks ago, the “At the Library” column of May 29 reviewed the book “The Toledo Incident of 1925,” in which Ted Cox describes a nativist uprising in Toledo, Oregon, against Pacific Spruce C…
Dear Editor, May 29 marked the 62nd anniversary of Fort Clatsop’s entrance into the National Park System.
Dear Editor, I was walking the beach last month and spotted a plastic bottle in the sand on Chapman Beach. I decided that I, like most Cannon Beach residents, would remove it from the beach.
Other than online access to eBooks, the Cannon Book Library remains closed. Patrons can take some comfort, though, from knowing Marjorie MacQueen continues adding new titles to the collection …
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 pra…
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…
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.
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.