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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...
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...
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.” ...
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...
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 ...
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