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The Monthly Stack: Pillar Rock, Altoona

Near Altoona, Washington, some 20 miles upriver from the mouth of the Columbia, sits a quiet basalt column…

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Share your art and poetry with Coast Weekend

In the coastal Northwest, I often find myself around this time of year in some exchange about the…

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Bayocean, the lost resort

On the narrow, sandy spit enclosing Tillamook Bay, there were once well-lit sidewalks for people living in dozens…

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More to explore in Our Coast Outdoors

There’s much to discover in this summer’s edition of Our Coast Outdoors. Scuba diving from Astoria’s Pier 39,…

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Astoria artists open studios to visitors

Last week, I was invited to visit a handful of studio spaces belonging to some of Astoria’s talented…

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The Monthly Stack: Conifer Island, Willapa Bay

Look right beyond a bend in the road, not too early in the summer when the alder trees…

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A cougar and star trails at Haystack Rock

The past few weeks have been eventful ones in Cannon Beach. Astorian photographer Lydia Ely, hoping for a…

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Labels of canneries past

At its peak in the late 19th century, the Columbia River fishing industry supported as many as 55…

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A view from North Head Lighthouse

Every quarter-hour on summer afternoons, groups of four or six climb the spiral stairs of a 65-foot tower…

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The Monthly Stack: Silver Point, Cannon Beach

The low headland of Silver Point, and its group of offshore sea stacks, form a southern boundary along…

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