Mother’s Day is a special time, though our traditions may be different this Sunday than in years before. Remember that people 60 and older are at higher risk of complications from COVID-19….
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE APPLICATION TO STATE FOR PHASE 1 RE-OPENING
In an emergency meeting of the Tillamook Board of County Commissioners on Friday May 8th, having met the seven prerequisites for the phased reopening of Oregon, the board unanimously voted to approve…
DISPERSED CAMPING IN STATE FORESTS TEMPORARILY CLOSED EFFECTIVE MONDAY, MAY 11
SALEM, Ore. – Due to health and safety hazards caused by sanitation issues, all dispersed camping is temporarily closed on Oregon state forests managed by the Oregon Department of Forestry starting Monday,…
Community drive-through COVID-19 testing begins week of May 11 in Clatsop County
The Clatsop County Public Health Department will begin offering drive-through community testing for COVID-19 beginning the week of May 11. The testing will take place Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the county’s…
Testing finds additional COVID-19 cases among Bornstein workers – 26 cases total at seafood processing facility
Results from testing conducted by the Clatsop County Public Health Department on employees of the Bornstein Seafood processing facility in Astoria revealed 12 additional positive COVID-19 cases among the company’s workforce. The…
Support for Erin Skaar and David McCall for County Commissioner Positions: Connecting Our Community
By Miel Macassey In this time of seclusion, the internet is more important than ever. We use it to order groceries, monitor health bulletins and educate our children. Most of us depend…
Central Coast all-depth halibut opens May 21
NEWPORT, Ore. – The spring all-depth Pacific halibut sportfishing season in Oregon’s Central Coast Subarea (which includes ports from Port Orford to Garibaldi) will open May 21. Once the season begins, it…
Governor Brown announced May 7th new details of plans for reopening Oregon
“Today, thanks to millions of Oregonians following the strict physical distancing orders I put in place, I am happy to say these sacrifices have prevented as many as 70,000 COVID-19 infections, and…
Closure of Beaches Adjacent to Cannon Beach May 9th through May 12th
Administrative Order 20-01 Bruce St. Denis, City Manager May 7th, 2020 In March 2020, because of the conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Cannon Beach declared the City in…
Words of Wisdom: What’s to Become of the Handshake?
By Neal Lemery Social change can come slowly or astonishingly fast. In the blink of an eye, we now have “personal distancing”, quarantine, and the closing down most of our social interactions….