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Seaside City Hall turns 30 soon, and city officials opened the doors to the Wednesday, Sept. 18, morning meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.

Zachary Poole is vice president of Pig 'N Pancake and co-owner; and owner of 3P Development, LLC. The lifelong Seasider and a member of the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association's board …

Jessica Garrigues, head softball coach for Seaside High School and Seaside Kids Inc. Softball Liaison, hasn’t been in Seaside long but is already making significant strides in improving opport…

What is “culture,” and how does it determine the success of the hospitality industry?

The Seaside Police Department has received a report of counterfeit $20 bills being circulated in area businesses.

Crews worked busily on the Seaside High School and Middle School campus construction site on Tuesday, Sept. 10, as members of the school construction citizen oversight committee toured the pro…

With schools on the sales block, local cities and special districts are among those that may be eyeing the properties.

Gearhart is taking applications for the Planning Commission. The commission consists of seven volunteer, voting members to be appointed by the mayor with a majority of the city council.

Along with Seaside and Office of Emergency Management leadership, Seaside High School and the Seaside High School Associated Student Body  students are scheduled to meet at the Cove in Seaside…

The Hamilton Market, owned by Natasha Montero and Mike Hamilton debuted on Avenue U Friday. 

TUESDAY, Sept. 17

Is anybody listening?

An armless dummy strapped onto a rolling table by Seaside volunteer firefighters Rick Plummer and Katie Bulletset held the stage of the Monday, Sept. 9, City Council meeting.

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Friday, Aug. 30 was mail carrier Mitch Gramson’s last day at work. He retired from the Seaside Post Office after 31 years of service.

The Seaside City Council is hosting an Emergency Planning Community Forum in conjunction with the National Preparedness Month on Wednesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Seaside Library, where loc…

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Training session in Cannon Beach

On Monday, Sept. 16, from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Bob Chisholm Center in Seaside, join Oregon State University Extension — Clatsop County for a free informational meeting on the spruce aphid, the t…

During the 2019-20 school year, the Seaside School District will be fully implementing its five-year strategic plan, which was approved by the board in December. Superintendent Sheila Roley sa…

MONDAY, Sept. 9

A North Coast man was sentenced Friday to more than six years in prison for sexually assaulting three women.

Painted lines on the tennis court and rolling nets stored nearby are not sufficient to win support from the Oregon North Coast Pickleball organization for new courts in Gearhart. 

A marine heat wave similar to the infamous Blob that disrupted ecosystems, shut down fisheries and hurt salmon runs five years ago has returned to the West Coast.

On June 4, 2018, the Seaside Civic and Convention Center kicked off its $15 million renovation and expansion project with a groundbreaking ceremony.

The public health advisory for Short Sand Beach in Oswald West State Park has been lifted.

Downtown Seaside reopened to traffic after an incendiary device found at the beach led to the closure of Avenue A between South Columbia and South Edgewood midday Thursday, Sept. 5.

At Seaside High School, the leadership’s goal for freshmen and incoming students is to get them linked in to the school’s student body as efficiently and seamlessly as possible. To that end, J…

Seaside property owners Karen and Todd Van Horne are asking for a reversal of a planning department decision to grant a vacation home permit in their Ninth Avenue neighborhood, and for a morat…

The Oregon Health Authority issued a public health advisory Wednesday for higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in ocean waters at Short Sand Beach at Oswald West State Park in Tillamook County.

The Heights Elementary School was a hive of activity Tuesday morning as students, teachers, and parents ushered in the start of the 2019-20 year.

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A former adult foster home licenser at Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare has filed a $550,000 lawsuit against the agency alleging gender discrimination and retaliation.

A 1.5-mile segment of Ecola State Park Road in Ecola State Park will close as early as Sept. 23 for approximately 10 weeks for a bridge construction project over Canyon Creek.

TUESDAY, Sept. 3

On Friday, Aug. 30, at 12:10 p.m. Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to the report of a vehicle crash on Highway 26 near milepost 41.

For 30 years the Seaside Fire Department has thrown an annual fundraiser, shared Chris Dugan, fire marshal and division chief off the Seaside Fire Department. The event began with casino night…

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The Seaside Fire Department responded to a blaze at a rental unit located at 421 Fourth Avenue early Wednesday evening.

Three years ago, Hood to Coast Relations between the city and the organization became so frayed there was talk of sending the legendary 197-mile relay from Mount Hood to Seaside elsewhere. The…

Delivery of a metal soffit panels will delay exterior work 30 days at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center, the center’s general manager Russ Vandenberg told members of the Seaside City Cou…

Aug. 3

Game-makers Late for the Sky based in Cincinnati debuted “Seaside-Opoly,” a licensed collegiate board games with a property-trading theme with locations based in Seaside. The game is available…

Pickleball fans in Gearhart have a new reason to celebrate. The city of Gearhart approved the permanent conversion of one tennis court to two pickleball courts on Aug. 7.

Who can forget the prime rib and smiley-face fries for the kids at Bigfoot’s Steakhouse?

The mother of a 14-year-old Oklahoma boy who drowned while swimming in the ocean in Seaside in 2016 plans to drop a lawsuit claiming her son and his cousin were not warned about dangerous conditions.

CANNON BEACH — Despite best efforts, responders reported the death of a dog that fell off a cliff Saturday at Indian Beach in Ecola State Park. Firefighters and a Cannon Beach lifeguard were u…

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