Oregon dispensary sales shrink as fewer products reach shelves
ASTORIA — Oregon marijuana dispensaries have been reeling since October, when increased testing standards became required at certified labs. The result has been an immense backlog of extracts and...
View ArticleInvesting: It’s time in the market, not timing the market
“This January will be 10 years.”“The details can be different, but the overriding idea is that you build a well diversified portfolio made up of quality investments and you manage that allocation. By...
View ArticleDesigning a ‘so they can sleep at night’ financial strategy
“A little over 10 years now.”“I work with individuals and couples to build financial strategies. The strategy will be based on that person’s risk tolerance, their ability to live with market...
View ArticleExceeding expectations: Sales soar for Port of Ilwaco pot store
ILWACO — While a delay in the Dungeness crab season curbed one of the coast’s most important commodities, business is booming for another recently planted at the Port of Ilwaco.“We had to increase our...
View ArticleMeet the Merchant: Gulley’s Butcher Shop
Glenn: “We liked butcher shops and thought that it was something this town really needed, a place wHere you could talk to the butcher, get specialty cuts and order things. We order rabbit, duck, guinea...
View ArticleNew brewery opens doors in Astoria
Reach Break Brewing, Astoria’s newest brewery, opens this weekend at the corner of Exchange and 13th streets.“We’re rolling up the doors at noon, and starting out Saturdays, Sundays … for now,” said...
View ArticleLindstrom’s Danish Maid closes oven door for good
Lindstrom’s Danish Maid Bakery, a local landmark on Commercial Street, is ending a long run.The shop has been owned since 1986 by Jan Lindstrom and her husband, John, who died in October. Lindstrom was...
View ArticleCafe Uniontown sold to hotelier
Landmark was going to be an Irish pubBy Edward StrattonThe Daily AstorianThe former Cafe Uniontown, a local landmark that was most recently the site of a failed Irish pub, has been sold to the owner of...
View ArticleIs gambling ‘good for Gearhart’?
GEARHART — The owner of a brew pub at the former Gearhart Grocery has accused the city of rejecting video lottery machines because of a bias against gambling. In an appeal delivered to the city...
View ArticleTroubled shipyard approaches end game
Local leaders rejoiced in September when Astoria Marine Construction Co. was offered a five-year reprieve from a state-mandated cleanup expected to close the 93-year-old shipyard, giving the community...
View ArticleCannon Beach Building Permits
City of Cannon Beach ResidentialDate Name Address Value Description Contractor12/12/16 Miller Family Holdings 1880 Pacific $10,500 Residential repair Hazen and Johnson12/14/16 Otto Gaither 1928 Pacific...
View ArticleBusiness Briefs for February 2017
LONG BEACH and ASTORIA — Pacific County posted its best mid-winter job numbers in December since 2006, according to the most recent report by the Washington State Employment Security Department. The...
View ArticleHuman Resources Q&A
This column is sponsored by the Lower Columbia Human Resource Management Association. LCHRMA represents a gathering of Human Resources professionals. Join us each month for a luncheon and training that...
View ArticleOpportunity knocks three times
The month of February is jam packed with all kinds of activities for the business community of our region! My monthly article will highlight three of the most significant: 1) Clatsop County Job &...
View ArticleClatsop County Building Permits
December 2016Date Work Description Address Valuation Contractor or Owner12/6/16 Dwelling 32307 Ruby Ln, Cannon Beach $337,303 Turk, R.J. Living Trust12/6/16 Dwelling 88756 Teal Rd, Seaside $431,057...
View ArticleIlwaco Business Licenses
December 2016-January 2017Calvert Technical Services, Inc 302 N Rambo Road, Medical Lake, WA Marine structural design and engineeringOwen Industries, Inc PO Box 633, Ilwaco, WA Not providedX-L Overhead...
View ArticlePacific County Property Transactions
Sale Date Sale Price Address Buyer Seller12/15/16 $80,000 1806 California Avenue S, Seaview Edmond and Sheri Kohos Trustees Erlinda Tomberlin12/15/16 $55,000 1401 281st Place, Ocean Park James and...
View ArticleAstoria Building Permits
City of Astoria ResidentialDate Name Address Value Description Contractor12/28/16 Patrick Wilson 331 Exchange Street, Astoria $550,000 New single family dwelling John Charles Young12/29/16 Carol Welch...
View ArticleClatsop County Property Transactions
Sale Date Sale Price Year Built Acres Address Buyer Seller12/01/16 $290,000 1953 0.21 311 Pleasant Avenue, Astoria Bethann Fitch Sharon Conn 12/01/16 $229,500 1999 0.35 4909 Gronmark, Gearhart Juergen...
View ArticleSeaside New Business Licenses
December 2016-January 2017Business Name Business Address Business ServiceJ4 Development 1700 Jay Ell Drive #100, Richardson TX ContractorHenry’s Cheap Guitars 820 Ocean way #C, Seaside Guitar sales and...
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