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Seaside awards $23,500 in tourism grants
The City of Seaside Visitors Bureau and Seaside Tourism Advisory Committee (TAC) awarded $23,500 in funding to seven recipients through the 2024-2025 Tourism Grant Program. Funds will be dispersed in July. The application window for this latest grant round opened Feb. 2 and completed applications were due May 3. On May 15, and during its regular monthly meeting at Seaside City Hall, the TAC reviewed 10 applications with $41,500 total in requested grant funding. ...
Oiled birds discovered along Oregon, Washington coast
Federal agencies have joined Oregon and Washington state agencies responding to a tar-like substance from an unknown source affecting a shoreline near Beards Hollow, Washington, and multiple birds in northern Oregon and southern Washington. The oil spill response organization NWFF Environmental has been contracted to clean up tar balls that were discovered along Benson Beach and a beach at Beards Hollow in Ilwaco, Washington, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. ...
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