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Cannon Beach Library 4th of July Book Sale
A Fundraiser Celebrating Books and Community Spirit The Cannon Beach Library’s Annual Fourth of July Used Book Sale, a beloved community tradition, returns this Fourth of July Weekend. Mark your calendars: the four-day sale takes place from Thursday, July 4th through Sunday, July 7th at the library, 131 N Hemlock Street, in the heart of downtown Cannon Beach. Come experience the THRILL of uncovering literary gems! Sale hours are Thursday,...
Oregon’s Food Manufacturing Industry – Adding value
Food manufacturers process livestock and agricultural inputs into products for intermediate or final consumption. The industry adds value to raw agricultural products, selling its output to wholesalers or retailers for distribution to consumers. Although wholesalers and retailers are an important cog in bringing products to market, much like agricultural producers, they are not part of the food manufacturing industry. The industry groups found in food manufacturing are categorized by the...
New food benefits program
Oregon Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT) is a new food benefits program to help shrink the hunger gap when children are on summer break and don’t have easy access to healthy meals at school. Summer EBT starts in late June and will provide $120 per eligible child in Cottage Grove and across the state to buy food. “Summer break is days away for families with school-age children. During the...
Brown Pelicans arriving injured and malnourished
Brown Pelicans have been making the news following concerns from experts over an influx of birds that are showing signs of emaciation and injury. Normally migrating North this time of year from their Winter homes in Southern California and Mexico, the Brown Pelicans should be making their way to their yearly breeding grounds. Instead, researchers on the coast of Northern California and Southern Oregon have found hundreds of birds emaciated from hunger or stranded from injury. At current, experts have two prevalent theories for why...
Oregon’s investment in ocean conservation celebrated
New efforts to increase the state’s investment in the Oregon Marine Reserves Program follow the signing ceremony for House Bill 4132, a bi-partisan bill sponsored by Oregon’s Coastal and Environmental Caucuses. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Rep. David Gomberg (D-Dist. 10) hosted the ceremony at the state capital building in Salem on May 30. The Oregon Ocean Alliance celebrated this renewed commitment to ocean conservation established more than a decade...
Summer alert: blood and platelet donors needed now
The American Red Cross critically needs blood and platelet donors now following a concerning decrease in donations as the country has experienced an increase in severe weather systems and historic travel. In fact, over the past month about 20,000 fewer blood donations were collected than needed to maintain the Red Cross-national blood supply. According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), five of the busiest travel days ever happened this month and more record-breaking travel is expected this summer — a busy time when many regular...
80 years later: Remembering D-Day and the fall of the Atlantic Wall
By the summer of 1944, the goose-stepping boot of Nazi Germany was squarely secured on the necks of the capitulating Western European nations. The Nazi war machine had rolled across the continent, blasting, and bombing its will on weaker foes. Not stopping until it claimed nation after nation in the name of the Fatherland. The Chancellor of Germany, Adolph Hitler, consciously, purposely, and effectively worked his way to Dictator of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, otherwise known as the Nazi Party. His vision was...
New Paintings by Christopher Mathie at the White Bird Gallery through June 17th
New Paintings by Christopher Mathie will continue to be shown at the White Bird Gallery through June 17th. Christopher Mathie has been creating artwork and showing in galleries for over 30 years. While he has always been an emotional painter, Mathie notes that something has recently changed in his perceptions about creating art. The 52-year-old painter says he feels like he is finally starting to relax into who he really...
Column: Lack of staff, unsafe conditions threaten Oregon’s behavioral health workforce
Every year about this time, Oregon labor unions honor colleagues who have lost their lives on the job. This year is especially poignant for members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or Oregon AFSCME, with the death late last year of Haley Rogers, a 26-year-old mental health worker. She was stabbed to death on the job by a resident while working an overnight shift alone at...
Tidepool Discovery Days: Registration for this event is open
Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9 What amazing creatures are lurking at the water’s edge? Come to Oceanside and join Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS staff and volunteers for this family friendly event. The tidepools at low tides are often full of exciting life just waiting to be discovered. You won’t want to miss the opportunity to explore and learn about the fascinating anemone clone wars, how a sea...
Oregon Lottery officials issue scam alert
Following news of the $1.3 billion Powerball win in Portland this April, Oregon Lottery officials are urging the public to beware of scams and phishing attempts associated with jackpots. Over the weekend, a text message was circulating that falsely promised the Powerball winner was donating prize money to 10 citizens chosen at random, according to Oregon Lottery officials. The text asked those receiving the message to call a phone number to claim the winnings. ...
Steep and Deep: A close look at the 2024 wildfire season ahead
Dylan Johnson, Weyerhaeuser forester and firefighter crew leader, said he has one fear heading into Oregon’s 2024 summer and fall wildfire season. “The ice storm that we had this past winter has created a lot of heavy concentrated fuel loading across the landscape, so there is a a lot of new fresh dead and down materials,” he said. “That increases the danger of spreading hot and intense fires and it will be difficult to get to the fires for suppression.” ...
Merkley Monthly: Strengthening wildfire resiliency and response
I’ll never forget driving more than 600 miles up and down Oregon during the 2020 Labor Day fires. I saw towns destroyed and never once broke free from the thick smoke. I was deeply moved by that heartbreaking experience. May is Wildfire Awareness Month, so I want to make sure you’re aware of how I’m working to protect Oregon’s communities from wildfire threats. In April, I led Oregon’s entire Congressional...
NCRD’s 2024 Gala Dinner and Auction Event achieves success
Amidst twinkling lights and a jubilant atmosphere, the North County Recreation District (NCRD) welcomed over 125 guests to the Gala Dinner and Auction event to support the construction of the new Aquatics Facility. From the moment guests stepped through the doors on May 3rd, the air was electric with anticipation. Buttercup’s delectable cuisine, earning rave reviews from attendees, made for an evening of culinary delight and heartfelt giving. Frank Squillo, owner of Wanda’s and our esteemed Master of Ceremonies for the evening, added an extra...
Rise in sea urchins impacts Oregon’s gray whales and their food
A recent boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact on the gray whales that usually forage in the region, a new study shows. When urchin numbers rise, the spiky marine invertebrates can devour kelp forests that are a critical habitat for zooplankton, the tiny aquatic organisms that are the primary prey of many marine animals. Damaged kelp forests lead to reductions in zooplankton, and with fewer zooplankton to feed on, gray...
Tolovana State Park Beach health advisory lifted May 30
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) today lifted a public health advisory for contact with ocean water at Tolovana State Park, located in Clatsop County. The health authority issued the advisory on May 29, after water samples showed higher-than-normal levels of fecal bacteria in ocean waters. Results from follow-up tests taken by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) showed lower bacteria levels. Contact with the ocean water no longer poses a...
Symphony presents concerts in June
The North Oregon Coast Symphony concludes its 2023-2024 season with two concerts in June. Titled “Poetic Palette”, this series offers a variety of classical pieces from multiple composers. Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra by Max Bruch features two soloists, clarinetist Braden Payne (in his final performance with NOCS) and principal violist Betsey Ellerbroek. Other selections include Offenbach’s Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld, Rossini’s William Tell Overture, Berlioz’s Hungarian March, the symphonic poem In The Forest (Miske) by Ciurlionis, and ...
OHA asking people who harvested, ate any Oregon Coast shellfish to complete survey
State health officials are asking people who recently harvested or ate any shellfish from the Oregon Coast to complete a survey as part of an investigation of illnesses linked to shellfish biotoxins. On May 28, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) urged people to throw out mussels gathered from beaches between Seal Rock State Park north to the Washington border after cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning were reported to the agency. The shellfish were harvested at beaches in Lincoln, Tillamook and Clatsop counties. ...
Marine biotoxin closures affect entire Oregon coast
New shellfish closures are affecting the entire Oregon coast, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. This comes after the Oregon Health Authority announced that at least 21 people were sickened by Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) after eating mussels recreationally harvested on the North Coast since May 25. Mussel harvesting is now closed along the entire Oregon coast. Recent mussel samples taken from the coast exceed the limit for PSP, a natural marine biotoxin produced by some...
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