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Several dozen people moved through the Seaside Civic and Convention Center on Tuesday morning for Project Homeless Connect.

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At next week’s meeting the Gearhart City Council will be asked to decide whether to file for the mayor to go forward with a fire station.

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A 41-year-old Seaside man was arrested at his home last Thursday and charged with multiple counts of encouraging child sexual abuse. 

In the battle against microplastic pollution on the beaches in and around Cannon Beach, Sea Turtles Forever’s Blue Wave team is on the frontlines, but they rely on steady volunteerism to make …

During this month’s heavy rains police issued alerts for some vehicles to avoid U.S. Highway 101 between the Cannon Beach junction and Avenue U in Seaside due to flooding — a yearly issue.

The Oregon Health Authority issued new guidance for the state’s schools, Susan Penrod, Seaside School District superintendent, said at last week’s board of directors meeting. These impact test…

A shortage of test kits and a surge in omicron cases has driven skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases in Clatsop County. These and their impacts on local businesses were at top of mind for me…

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Local leaders who oversee emergency response on the North Coast looked for lessons from a tsunami advisory over the weekend.

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Gearhart planners tweaked the city’s parks master plan last Thursday, with a focus on language intended to preserve environmental integrity, one of 19 policies in the plan. The draft plan revi…

Even with a $250 price hike, the city’s Evergreen Cemetery remains a bargain, Public Works Director Dale McDowell told the City Council last week.

Synergy Construction Group, a contractor based in Seaside, was fined more than $15,000 by the state for job safety violations on a residential roofing project last year.

Two Seaside businesses went before the City Council last Monday seeking to expand their drink offerings.

The city wants to fill its lead staff role by June 30, when City Manager Mark Winstanley steps down.

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The Seaside School District launched the first phase of a project to upgrade softball facilities in response to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.

Seaside is not Coos Bay. And while Coos Bay, a city of 16,000 on the southern coast, has implemented a camping ordinance designed to address homelessness, Seaside is finding that a lack of cam…

Gearhart volunteer firefighters hope to have a voice in the May election on a $13 million bond for a new firehouse off Highlands Lane.

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Pickleball enthusiast Wally Hamer approached Gearhart City Council last Wednesday, with a letter seeking more courts for an increasing demand.

A planning commissioner’s effort to show support for a vacation rental moratorium in Seaside failed to gain support.

After 23 years with the city of Seaside, Planning Director Kevin Cupples announced his retirement early this month.

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Seaside’s Department of Public Works closed some streets in downtown Seaside as a result of flooding, and blocked off the Avenue A bridge as water remained dangerously high Monday afternoon.

Key posts in City Hall and emergency services changed hands in 2021.

The city manager search will begin in-house.

A Warrenton man was charged after a single-vehicle crash last Thursday night. The crash, reported at 9:16 p.m., caused property damage to the city boardwalk area on the south side of First Ave…

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Reflecting on 2021, Seaside School District administrators could easily identify the biggest win: Bringing back students for full-time, on-campus learning.

In late December 2020, the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District finalized the purchase of the former Broadway Middle School from the Seaside School District for $2.15 million. It was ren…

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A new Gearhart firehouse, potential new ZIP code and downtown business moves were among the big stories in Gearhart in 2021.

Seaside, like cities across the state and nation, reeled from the impacts of COVID-19 on personal and business life.

In 2021, Seaside’s complicated housing equation stretched from luxury hotels to overnight parking for those sheltering in vans and RVs.

Consultant Evan Eleff and architect Scott Edwards presented a draft of their strategy analysis for the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District in a December work session with the board of d…

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The Signal met up with cyclist Matt Welch at the end of his cross-country, round-trip tour at the Quality Inn in Seaside. Welch was at the finish of the ride before heading back to Portland vi…

The Seaside School District has sold the former high school to TM Development LLC for $3.2 million.

A ground search for a missing veteran, Evan Goin, has ended, but the investigation remains ongoing, Clatsop County Sheriff Matt Phillips said.

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The city will refinance old general obligation bonds and finance improvements to the wastewater system.

Three recent potential school threats have stirred concern among parents and the Seaside School District community.

Evan Goin, a veteran with four overseas tours, was reported missing from his U.S. Highway 26 home last week.

The city has put to rest a call to ban fireworks.

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A bicyclist was struck and killed on U.S. Highway 101 south of Seaside on Saturday.

Family members are asking the public for assistance in locating Evan Goin.

Evan Goin, a major with four overseas tours, was reported missing from his U.S. Highway 26 home this week. Searchers and canine crews have been unsuccessful in their search.