Paint with a pint downtown
For those not able to take her art class at Knappa High School, they can learn painting from Janet Sheridan on the weekends in downtown Astoria. But bring your own bottle.Sheridan and her husband, Len,...
View ArticleLabor pains: Finding enough workers worries growers, packers
It’s three weeks before the start of harvest and the Chelan Fruit Cooperative is short hundreds of workers needed to pack this year’s cherry crop. General Manager Reggie Collins worries about whether...
View ArticleAstoria Co-op Grocery finds a new location
The Astoria Co-Op Grocery has signed a lease to build a new store on the site of the former Astoria Plywood Cooperative at the corner of 23rd Street and Marine Drive.The new location in Mill Pond, at...
View ArticlePacific County boasts record-setting visitor spending: Tourist dollars topped...
PACIFIC COUNTY — An unseasonably, cool and wet spring compounded by clamming closures couldn’t curb the visitors from coming to Pacific County and dropping serious cash in 2016. Visitor spending...
View ArticleMaybe at last, growth really will be this area’s big issue
When I moved here more than a quarter century ago my boss asked what was the biggest issue faced by local communities. “Growth” was my answer. Though somewhat premature at the time, I might still give...
View ArticleClatsop County Property Transactions
Sale Date Sale Price Year Built Acres Address BUYER SELLER04/01/17 $1,900,000 1987 0.31 95 W Marine Drive, Astoria Sundeep & Ekam LLC Gene and Harriet Cope Trustees 04/03/17 $110,000 1885 0.23 279...
View ArticlePacific County Property Transactions
Date Sale Price Address Buyer Seller 4/03/17 $342,500 2131 Wecoma Place, Ilwaco Susan Gebhardt Ron and Delores Willis Trustees4/05/17 $29,900 35010 G Street, Ocean Park Kenneth and Tena Brundage Ronald...
View ArticleSeaside Business Licenses
April 2017Business Name Business Address Business ServiceRon’s Stump Grinding 3785 Hwy 101 N, Gearhart Stump grindingOregon Insulation and Remodeling PO Box 207, Columbia City ContractorBlake Denhart...
View ArticlePacific County Food Service Inspections
DATE Business Name Description of Violation Points Assessed04/13/17 Old Fish Trap Cold holding (less than 5 degrees) 5 Red04/13/17 Chinook Country Store Food handler cards invalid/expired/not available...
View ArticleCannon Beach Building Permits
City of Cannon Beach ResidentialDate Name Address Value Description Contractor4/03/17 Frank Swedenborg 595 Antler, Cannon Beach $301,269 New single family residence All Phase Construction4/11/17 Daniel...
View ArticleAstoria Building Permits
City of Astoria ResidentialDate Name Address Value Description Contractor04/10/17 Rev David Vistica Convertible Trust 260 Roundhouse Road, Astoria $10,890 Install Air handler and heat pump Diamond...
View ArticleClatsop County Building Permits
Date Type Address Value Description Contractor04/07/17 Dwelling 91214 Lewis & Clark Road, Astoria $279,285 Single family dwelling HiLine Homes04/11/17 Dwelling 89222 Dellmoor Loop, Warrenton...
View ArticleSkating Lake land sold to conservation group
OYSTERVILLE — Sydney Stevens, a descendant of the Espy family who founded Oysterville on the Long Beach Peninsula in 1854, recently with her husband Nyel sold 54 acres of wetland property on Skating...
View ArticleMay roundtable taught fine art of business finance
ASTORIA — A May 17 event brought Clatsop County business leaders together with top experts in the field of business finance.“We had a very successful Small Business Administration Resource Partner’s...
View ArticleLindamay Woosley joins Gearhart office of Windermere Stellar
GEARHART — Northwest Oregon’s largest locally owned and managed real estate brokerage, Windermere Stellar, welcomed Lindamay Woosley as a new real estate broker this month. Woosley has been in real...
View ArticleLots going on at CEDR/Clatsop Community College Small Business Development...
We have had a very busy and productive year so far at your CEDR and Clatsop Community College Small Business Development Center organization! We are pleased to share this seasonal recap.57 signed up...
View ArticleBusiness Bookworm: ‘Cult of Overwork’ is out of hand
Zzzzzzzzzip.That was the sound of your last weekend as it passed by, but it probably doesn’t matter anyhow: it was packed with work, To-Dos and obligations, kid’s sports, and more work. Sometimes, you...
View ArticleWell Preserved
ASTORIA — In 1926, the Astoria Budget announced contractors Uhrbrand and Berwick were remodeling the old Elmore mansion, one of Astoria’s landmarks, into a 13-unit apartment complex. In order to...
View ArticleLEKTRO takes top honors for product development, support
WARRENTON — Local aircraft tug manufacturer LEKTRO recently announced in a press release it received the Southwest Airlines Vendor of the Year and Ground Support Worldwide Magazine’s Product Leader of...
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