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‘Punjabi Rebels’ preserves a silenced history
Questions about inclusion and belonging led Johanna Ogden, as a self-described “late in life” graduate student at the ... Read more
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Cascade Head Preserve at 50
Cascade Head is one of those special places. The Hart’s Cove Trail is a favorite of my dad ... Read more
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Spotting the tufted puffin
First, a confession. I have never seen a tufted puffin. Most are too far offshore, either on isolated ... Read more
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The Monthly Stack: Gull Rock, Cove Beach
Not to be confused with other Oregon Coast sea stacks by the same name — including one at ... Read more
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Hidden glass floats support coastal nonprofits
Glass floats, once in practical use among fishermen to keep their nets above water, have long been admired ... Read more
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In Cannon Beach, 60 years of building sandcastles
Cannon Beach’s annual sandcastle contest began with a tsunami. After a March 1964 earthquake in Alaska caused a ... Read more
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The Monthly Stack: Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach
In Cannon Beach, a layer of fog lifted over the ocean and the outline of Haystack Rock cleared ... Read more
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Saddle Mountain, home of the Oregon silverspot
The Oregon silverspot butterfly is slowly coming back home. While the wildflowers are still in bloom on Saddle ... Read more
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A rare bird at Hug Point
Michael Sanchez brought his camera to Hug Point to take pictures of waterfalls at sunrise. Instead, the middle ... Read more
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Recalling Astoria’s Chinatown
As a historical archaeologist working with the Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project, Chelsea Rose shares in an effort to ... Read more