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The Monthly Stack: Bird Rocks, Cannon Beach
It’s the quintessential view of Cannon Beach, looking south from Ecola Point. Centered in a wide line of ... Read more
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Far-flung friends return to tell tales
“We’ll see you in Astoria next year,” Jon Broderick signed off with a smile, closing out five minutes ... Read more
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An update on the Readers’ Choice Awards
In the first week of voting for the 2022 Readers’ Choice Awards, readers submitted just shy of 37,000 ... Read more
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Fisher, poet, printmaker, painter
It’s the sort of art that reaches beyond surface inspiration from the sea. For Duncan Berry, whose chosen ... Read more
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Readers’ Choice Awards move to voting
More than 15,900 nominations are in for the 2022 Readers’ Choice Awards — from favorite sunrise views to ... Read more
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The Monthly Stack: Dead Man’s Cove, Cape Disappointment
A distinct set of place names found within the Columbia-Pacific region echo, it seems, a tendency toward the ... Read more
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The Pacific Northwest’s Dungeness crab
Awaited over the early months of winter, crabbing season is now underway along much of the Oregon Coast, ... Read more
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Nominate the region’s best for Readers’ Choice
Following an exciting year of returning events, festivals and performances, it’s time again to celebrate the work of ... Read more
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One year by the Columbia River
On the January day that I first visited The Astorian newsroom, that cubic midcentury building on Exchange Street ... Read more
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The Monthly Stack: Sea Lion Rock, Cannon Beach
While plenty of seals and sea lions haul out on the nearshore rocks of Tillamook Head’s Ecola Point, ... Read more