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? How will we craft a recovery that takes into account the unique needs we have here on the North Co…
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…
To celebrate women’s history and the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the library’s Northwest Author Speakers Series will host Astoria author Marianne Monson with the help of Facebook Li…
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:
The last “At the Library” column mentioned that the Cannon Beach Library was opening services slowly and safely beginning with Door-Side Service on July 20, which allowed contact-free service …
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…
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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…
As a result of extreme fire activity, the Bureau of Land Management Northwest Oregon District has temporarily closed all recreation sites and certain roads through Sept. 30.
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Cannon Beach City Council discussed during a work session Tuesday, Sept. 8, a budget update for fiscal year 2020-2021.
The past 36 hours have been very challenging for coastal towns. Fire behavior that is very unpredictable, you need to be updated on the current events. We will be inundated with smoke from sev…
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Oregon State University has received a $1.2 million grant from the Oregon Health Authority to expand its Coronavirus Sewer Surveillance project throughout Oregon to comb community wastewater s…
September is National Preparedness Month and Cannon Beach has events scheduled to help people get ready in the event of a disaster.
Natural disasters alone are not enough to motivate local communities to engage in climate change mitigation or adaptation, a new study from Oregon State University found.
Travelers need to pack their patience and allow extra travel time this Labor Day weekend, according to an advisory issued by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT).
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Oregon continues to make progress this week in the fight against COVID-19 (Coronavirus), state leaders announced today.
Brace yourself. Summer is not over yet.
Thousands of Oregonians, many of them for the first time, are now receiving unemployment benefits. The Oregon Department of Revenue wants to remind recipients that these benefits are taxable, …
State health officials report progress in the declining COVID-19 cases in Oregon, but still challenges in slowing the spread, and reopening schools.
Oregon Health Sciences University has canceled a statewide study tracking 100,000 Oregonians for the COVID-19 virus.
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Tide gates and associated infrastructure provide an important tool for protecting and controlling water and allowing for land uses, such as agriculture and roadways, along the Columbia River a…
The Oregon Department of Human Services has received approval from Food and Nutrition Services to disburse increased food benefits in September. This additional $30 million for eligible Supple…
High up on the side of Mount Hood, Timberline Lodge has over the years become an Oregon icon. Its rustic, WPA-financed design and construction strike most visitors as a good fit for the state’…
Governor Kate Brown received recommendations from the Vaping Public Health Work Group to address the epidemic of vaping-related illness and youth vaping in Oregon.
As Oregon moves into its second week of a declared wildfire State of Emergency, officials are urging everyone to know Oregon's laws about fire prevention.
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Ecola State Park reopened Saturday, Aug. 15, after a landslide caused the park to shut down for road repairs in February. Landslides in the park damaged the park entrance road and wiped out ab…
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Both the Seaside School District and the Cannon Beach Academy will begin school this year on Sept. 14 using a 100 percent Comprehensive Distance Learning model for the first six weeks of school.
Policy reforms and technological improvements could drive seafood production upward by as much as 75% over the next three decades, research by Oregon State University and an international coll…
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Visitor traffic on Oregon’s north coast has spiked to extraordinarily high levels in August, causing problems with parking congestion and trash.
On May 19, 2019, 21-year-old Michelle Casey fell while taking photos at the Neahkhanie Mountain overlook. Despite the best efforts of the rope rescue teams from Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue a…
The Central Oregon Coast Subarea (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain) summer all-depth Pacific halibut season is expanding to be open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. These added openings giv…
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WINGS offers educational opportunities for women who have had their education interrupted and are yearning to go back to school.
Pianist Tom Grant is a longtime leader on the Portland music scene, an award-winning jazz and New Age music star with an international audience. After graduating from the University of Oregon,…
Of all the masterful fiction of the North Coast, Don Berry presents the most vivid naturalism: capturing the scent of the woods, the hollow of a log or the whisper of a dream. The writer lived…
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Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New World” is back and more relevant than ever. The title alone is a meme for our genetically engineered, social media besotted society, where individuals spe…
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When the Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for water work in September for the school district’s campus construction in the Southeast Hills, officials and construction crews issued a col…
Many of the stars of the day have long since been forgotten. Others live on in the annals of the city’s musical history, from visitors like Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong to l…
The firefighting community is mourning the loss of Bill Boone, who served as Hamlet’s fire chief for many years.
I wish I had known Mike Knop.