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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Vote in the Coast Weekend Photo Contest
Seabirds on sand dunes, a misty sunset at the Chinook Middle Village and Station Camp, icicles, farmlands, piles…
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A rare orca sighting near Hammond
Orcas are a rare sight to behold, even in their home waters. Their breaching and spyhopping above the…
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Astoria remembers the Great Fire of 1922: ‘Let’s Go’
In the early morning hours of Dec. 8, 1922, flames swept over Astoria’s streets, traveling through the wind…
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King tides crash onto Pacific shores
At precisely noon on Thanksgiving Day, tides reached a notable high of 9.9 feet, as measured from the…
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