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Behind the News: ‘I think 2020 has shook the ground’

The Garden of Surging Waves tells the story of Chinese immigrants who helped build Astoria. The park at…

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Writer’s Notebook: A glimpse of a quieter world

Many of us have mixed emotions about the pending resurgence of tourism. While some local institutions and businesses…

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Writer’s Notebook: My vaccination diary

SEASIDE — Clatsop County has administered more than 17,350 vaccine doses against the coronavirus. I was one of…

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Writer’s Notebook: A flower for someone

Bob Swenson has lived on Dow Lane in Youngs River for around 45 years. He’s been making peoples’…

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Guest Column: An Oregon Republican looks to expand Idaho

Mark Simmons, a Republican former speaker of the Oregon House, was set to testify last week at the…

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Behind the News: ‘We’re going to learn from this’

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the often stark contrasts between Oregon counties. “Having come from a larger county…

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Guest Column: Time to recognize a peacemaker

Treaty Indian tribes in western Washington state strongly support proposed state legislation to place a statue of the…

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Guest Column: Oregon partisan politics at play

Should Oregon legislators still get paid if they don’t show up for work (i.e., the minority Republicans)? Conversely,…

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Writer’s Notebook: Carlson touched the lives of North Coast performers

David Carlson — who played the soundtrack of the North Coast theater world for over a decade —…

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Guest Column: Spanning the digital divide

If there was any question whether broadband was an essential service, COVID-19 made the answer painfully clear —…

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