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As temperatures begin to drop and winter approaches, it is unclear how many emergency shelter beds will be available in Astoria or where a temporary shelter would open on the coldest nights.

As The Astorian reported earlier this year, advocates for the homeless called for a year-round shelter after a winter where homeless response on the North Coast appeared rushed and disorganized.

Leaders had hoped to prevent another winter scramble.

See the story by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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For food truck owners, a roughly 300% increase to an annual license fee was a surprise.

The change, which the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners approved in June, took effect July 1, but many business owners say they didn’t learn of the increase until renewal letters went out last month. Renewals are typically due at the end of the year.

Although fees rose for restaurants across the board in the county’s budget for this fiscal year, food trucks were among the hardest hit. According to the county’s fee schedule, food service licenses for Class 3 and Class 4 food trucks — which can prepare and cook food — increased from $190 to $788.

Read the story by Olivia Palmer by clicking here.

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Two major infrastructure projects in Cannon Beach have reached a milestone.

The City Council in June voted to move forward with rebuilding City Hall over the existing location on E. Gower Avenue downtown and building a new police station at the city’s Tolovana cache site east of U.S. Highway 101.

Estimated at $25 million, the new buildings would replace the existing 70-year-old complex, which was originally constructed to store building materials and has failed to meet the needs of city staff.

The City Council last week unanimously approved design concepts for the buildings prepared by Portland-based design architect CIDA Inc. The concepts will continue to be fleshed out as the projects move into the design development phase.

Take a look at the report by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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