By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider In early August, Oregon Coast Hosts (“OCH”), a group representing short-term rental companies, continued its effort to challenge the new STR ordinance by filing a Notice of Intent to…
Category: Tourism
North Fork 53 Communitea Wellness Announces Fall Events Schedule
North Fork 53 Communitea Wellness, a north coast center for wellness and the arts, is happy to announce a full calendar of fall events for September and October. North Fork 53 Communitea…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY NEWS UPDATE: Lightning across Oregon reminds everyone to be informed and prepared
(Salem, Ore. Aug. 25, 2023) – Starting Thursday night, August 24th and into Friday morning, August 25th, Oregon experienced many lightning strikes that affected Southern Oregon up to Northwest Oregon. With multiple…
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY FIREFIGHTERS WORK HARD TO PROTECT LIVES AND PREVENT ANOTHER “BLOW UP DAY”
TILLAMOOK, Ore—On Aug. 24, 1933, the skies west of Portland were darkened by an enormous smoke column more than 40,000 feet high as a fire that had started in the headwaters of…
Bay City Wayfinding Signage Construction Begins
Construction has begun on the installation of signs for the Wayfinding Program in Bay City. As part of this project, new wayfinding signs will be installed at: • Gateway sign at the…
Biologists ask people not to disturb or pick up fledgling common murres on Oregon beaches
Oregon coast visitors are seeing many dead and dying fledgling common murres right now on state beaches. Some commercial fishermen report also seeing this at sea. At this time of the year,…
TILLAMOOK AIR MUSEUM CELEBRATES 80TH ANNIVERSARY WITH FREE COMMUNITY EVENT AUGUST 19TH
The Tillamook Air Museum and Friends of Tillamook Air Museum (FOTAM) have created a lot of buzz lately, and for good reason! August 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the completion of…
Fall Scholarships Open for Tillamook’s Nature and Outdoors Program; Deadline for fall applications is September 4
(TILLAMOOK, ORE. 09 AUG. 2023) — Tillamook Coast Visitors Association recently established two annual scholarships at Tillamook Bay Community College for students enrolling in TBCC’s Nature and Outdoors Program. The scholarship, named the “Tillamook Coast Outdoor Program Scholarship,” is $1,000….
Survey shows Oregon’s Marine Reserves no drag on businesses’ bottom lines
(Newport, Ore.- August 7, 2023) – A new survey shows that coastal Oregon’s recreational industry joins more conventional, store-front businesses in believing the state’s Marine Reserves do not negatively impact their bottom lines,…
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY: Seal Rock in Lincoln County health advisory lifted Aug. 4
PORTLAND, Ore.—Oregon Health Authority (OHA) today lifted a public health advisory for contact with ocean water at Seal Rock Beach, located in Lincoln County. The health authority issued the advisory Aug. 1, after water…
