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An enduring sense of place
Some of my earliest memories of visiting the Oregon Coast are with my dad’s mother, who we called ... Read more
Author: Lissa Brewer | Discover Our Coast
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Forest and sea bring people together
Tillamook Head drops more than 1,000 feet from the summit of Clark’s Mountain to the Pacific Ocean below. ... Read more
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Memories of Bayocean
Susan Bagley Barr still remembers the winter morning in 1951 when a rogue wave swept through a gap ... Read more
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Notes from the newsroom
They come ringing the doorbell and ask if we’re still here. Have we moved? Has the building sold ... Read more
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Liberty Theatre in Astoria celebrates 100 years
On April 4, 1925, Astoria was emerging from a cloud of ash. Two and a half years earlier, ... Read more
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Our Coast Magazine looks at relationships with the land
In Astoria, 1,200 miles of the Columbia River spill into the vast Pacific. From above, silver tributaries branch ... Read more
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On Discovery Trail
To clear my head, I take drives. Sometimes nowhere, and lately in the mornings east on Highway 30 ... Read more
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Alive in the Columbia River
“I believe everything has a soul,” the poet Mary Oliver writes in “Staying Alive,” an essay from the ... Read more
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Making botanical art with seaweed
Seaweed, dried and pressed into lifelike shapes and muted green and yellow hues, covered a table at the ... Read more
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An update on the Readers’ Choice Awards
As of this week, the readers will have chosen. The winners of Coast Weekend’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards ... Read more