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Our View: Judicial appointment deserves intense public interest

To be a Circuit Court judge in a rural county like ours is to become deeply woven into…

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Our View: Threatened clam season calls for smart responses

Our coast’s many fanatical razor clam diggers feel whipsawed between news that local sands swarm with delicious bivalves…

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Our View: Vocational education reflects today’s reality

Setting educational policy should follow the old adage, “It takes all sorts of people to make a world.”…

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Our View: Port wise to pause director search

The Port of Astoria Commission was wise to pause the search for a new executive director. Over the…

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Our View: An embarrassment and a liability

The hole in the middle of Astoria celebrates its ninth anniversary this year. Are we going to have…

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Our View: Only smart policies stand in the way of extinction

Setting aside for the moment that coho returns are predicted to be healthy and Buoy 10 fishing was…

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Our View: The Port can learn from others

Astoria could surely learn from tiny Toledo, 140 miles down the Oregon Coast. Astoria is a town steeped…

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Our View: A welcome break for parents

For many families, back-to-school time can be hard on the budget. There are school supplies and new clothes…

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Our View: We’ve come a long way on labor

While we celebrated the milestone of Labor Day on Monday, and many workers in the United States enjoyed…

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Our View: Responsible Growth Astoria should take off the mask

The first tell was the photo. When Responsible Growth Astoria created a Facebook page in July to protest…

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