In case of Cascadia: Seaside hiking and apparel store owner creates custom...
SEASIDE — His keen sense of safety was drilled in as an inspector in Montana oil fields and his sense of wilderness preparedness was honed during big-game hunts in the Rocky Mountains. After moving to...
View ArticleBlessing and a curse: Rain sustains, threatens Rose Ranch
BAY CENTER — At Rose Ranch in Bay Center, the rain is a blessing and a curse. In ideal amounts, the rain provides a perpetual smorgasbord of green grass for their hundreds of grazing cattle. This...
View ArticleA new approach: Couple opens holistic healthcare business on Commercial Street
ASTORIA — Before opening their holistic healthcare business on the corner of Commercial Street, Eric Grey and Amanda Barp got a warning.“People warned us about traffic here in the summer and I wanted...
View ArticleChowder truck offers a taste of the Mo’s to come
Customers can grab a taste of clam chowder while Mo’s builds out a new restaurant in Astoria.The company has opened a chowder truck on the weekends in front of its new location off the Columbia River...
View ArticleOwners put Cathlamet brewery on the market
CATHLAMET, Wash. — River Mile 38 Brewing Co. is up for sale.Three years ago, Drop Anchor Brewery opened on Third Street in Cathlamet with 12 investors. Less than a year after opening, the brewery faced...
View ArticleTaking root: Marijuana growers consider themselves farmers
SALEM — Danny Grimm shares many of the concerns familiar to pot growers throughout the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Start with federal regulatory overreach, because the recent, undefined...
View ArticleJ.C. Penney closure: ‘It’s like losing a friend’
J.C. Penney customers expressed dismay over the closure of the local branch, which celebrated its 100th anniversary last April.J.C. Penney Co. announced the closure of 138 stores on Friday, including...
View ArticleConcern and collaboration: Area hospitals bind services, resources
SEASIDE — Two Clatsop County health care heavyweights weighed in Wednesday night at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center. It wasn’t a boxing match, instead it was an evening of celebration,...
View ArticleAstoria City Council hopes to stop J.C. Penney’s closure
In the wake of J.C. Penney Co.’s decision to close Astoria’s 101-year-old store, the City Council plans to send the company’s CEO a letter today asking him to reconsider.The chain department store...
View ArticleBuilding a business with Steel & Timber
Shaun Catlin and Tamara Altman’s Astoria-based contracting company Steel & Timber Construction/Fabrication has built a reputation for creative contracting projects in less than a year. The company...
View ArticleAt Street 14, dinner service was popular but not profitable
A year and a half after starting their regionally acclaimed farm-to-table dinners, Street 14 Cafe owners Jennifer and Micha Cameron-Lattek have ended the venture because of a lack of diners. But Andrew...
View ArticleBengel takes over Coast Weekend
Since college, Erick Bengel has jumped back and forth between the hard news and features sections of the papers he’s worked at.A reporter for the EO Media Group since 2013, Bengel was recently named...
View ArticleNew reporter joins Astorian, South County publications
SEASIDE — For a college newspaper editor, being thrown into a firestorm was quite an experience. Brenna Visser faced just that when, as editor of the Western Front — the weekly at the Western...
View ArticleGreen gamble: Marijuana growers take root in Pacific County
RAYMOND, Wash. — Every Monday morning, Travis Holmes leaves his home and family in Skagit County and drives more than 200 miles to a motorhome parked in Pacific County. It’s been a routine the former...
View ArticleJ.C. Penney store closure in Pendleton delayed
The clock hasn’t struck midnight yet for J.C. Penney in Pendleton.The company plans to close 138 stores across the country, including locations in Pendleton, La Grande, The Dalles and Astoria....
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 ArticleSeaside New Business Licenses – February March 2017
Business Name Business Address Business ServiceMillwork Solutions, Inc 835 Ave. S. #D, Seaside Millwork suppliesExcavation GSA LLC PO Box 233, Hammond Contractor and excavationColumbia Construction...
View ArticleOur mission: ‘Helping build Oregon’s best businesses’
At our Clatsop Community College Small Business Development Center, our core competency and priority is one on one business advising (and it’s always free and confidential). We meet with hundreds of...
View ArticleClatsop Property Transactions
SALE DATE SALE PRICE YEAR BUILT ACRES ADDRESS BUYER SELLER02/01/17 260,000 1998 0.16 1540 7th Dr., Hammond Birdwell Scott, B Sadler Andrew02/01/17 65,000 N/A 0.23 N/A Eckenrodt Revocable Trust Hillman...
View ArticlePacific County Property Transactions
Date Sale Price Address Buyer Seller2/15/17 $260,000 1219 194th St, Long Beach Michael Brooks/Jeanne Benton Neal and Marla Kandoll2/15/17 $168,000 3807 Sandridge Rd, Long Beach Daniel & Janet...
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