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Following a challenge from a neighboring resident, the proposed update to Nehalem Bay State Park’s master plan was approved by the board of county commissioners on September 30. The approval paved the way for $11 million in infrastructure upgrades scheduled to begin at the park next month and finish by June 2025, to proceed. The challenge to the application contended that upgrades envisioned in the plan but not included in scheduled upgrades would cause a dangerous increase in traffic on NeCarney City Road. Though government...

On Saturday at 1:21 p.m. a beach hazards statement was issued by the National Weather Service valid for Monday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Clatsop County Coast, Tillamook County Coast and Central Coast of Oregon. "Sneaker waves possible," can be anticipated according to the weather service. "A westerly...

Tillamook County is taking this drill to the next level with a county wide tsunami evacuation drill. The earthquake is the tsunami warning – if you are in the tsunami zone, then evacuate. Be prepared, not scared. Participating is a great way for your family or organization to become better prepared to survive. Tillamook Co will be sending out a DRILL alert for a Tsunami on 10/17/24 at 10:17. This will be an exercise NOT a real emergency, The alert will state that there has been an earthquake, and a tsunami is arriving withing 30 minutes, evacuate to nearest assemble point.

A yes vote for the NeCus’ cultural and environmental center is the obvious choice for our community. The project is fully funded using only the portion of lodging tax dollars that must be reinvested into tourism – either tourism promotion or tourist-related facilities. The choice is obvious. The facility will honor the native people of Cannon Beach on the historic site of their village and promote environmental stewardship. It will offer many community benefits including use of the classrooms for local non-profits; recreational use of...

The summer might bring the sunshine but fall brings the rain and Stormy Weather Arts Festival. This November, from Friday the 1st to Sunday the 3rd, Cannon Beach’s longest-running festival will be returning for its 37th year. Art and gray skies have been staples for this coastal community, and the Stormy Weather Arts Festival honors both.

Dear Chapter Members, All Staff, and Community Members,. We are writing to notify you that the Tillamook School District has canceled our mediation session scheduled for October 17. While we are incredibly disappointed in this unprecedented decision, we have come to expect that the District will play by their own rules and continue to bargain in bad faith, in violation of labor laws.

He had just flown in from Phoenix, after being in California for a week and had to be in Seattle the next day for a week. After that, he’ll come home, only to leave immediately for Las Vegas for three days before one night in Cannon Beach preceding an east coast swing to Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Florida, where he’ll stop in five different cities. Then he’ll have a few days to prepare for the Stormy Weather Arts Festival before heading to Dallas. And Hawaii....

The NeCus’ Center will foster traditional knowledge, indigenous cultural values and environmental awareness and practices, building on knowledge of and respect for the land towards a sustainable future. There has been extensive research and collaboration over the past years with community, tribal members and non-profits on how to spotlight the immense importance of NeCus’, working on ways to tell its unique story and tapping into the geological, ecological and historic/cultural history of the site. As planned, the classroom space will provide a state-of-the-art educational venue...

From June 18 to Sept. 10 this year, Tuesdays were special days. There were chocolates. There was humus. There was wine. There were spices and teas. The Cannon Beach Farmers Market was, by the measure of its manager Tracy Abel, a success. In the two weeks the market was open in June, 3,850 attendees were counted, In July, 12,504 came, with 3,000 visiting on July 30 alone, almost double the population of Cannon Beach, in August, 8,211 browsed the market’s wares and in the two...