PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program (OBMP) has finalized a list of beaches to be monitored for unsafe levels of bacteria during the 2024 and 2025 monitoring seasons. The list was created based on…
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NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A New Year is Looming 12/26/23
OIOpublisher By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Dear Neighbors and Friends, The Holidays are largely behind us and a new year is looming. And before we begin to celebrate the start…
WINTER WHALE WATCH WEEK RETURNS TO OREGON COAST DEC. 27-31
OREGON COAST, Oregon—Oregon State Parks will once again host Winter Whale Watch Week at 15 sites along the Oregon Coast Wednesday, Dec. 27 to Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Every year thousands of gray whales migrate south through…
WANTED: Volunteer Photographers! Photograph King Tides This Winter – King Tides Dec. 13-15
The second series of king tides, the highest high tides of the year, will happen from December 13-15, 2023. If you are on Oregon’s coast, you are invited to take photos of these high-water events. The Oregon King Tides Photo…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Lot Is Unfolding as the Year Ends
Dear Neighbors and Friends, Susie and I returned from our week-long sunny vacation late Saturday night. Did we miss anything? How was the weather while we were gone?? Very seriously, I have…
Commercial Dungeness crab season begins Dec. 16 from Cape Foulweather to California border
(NEWPORT, Ore. -December 5, 2023) – Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens Dec. 16 from Cape Foulweather (just south of Depoe Bay) to the California border. Pre-season testing shows that crabs remain too…
November King Tides – Video by Don Backman
The November 2023 King Tides occurred on some very nice days on the Oregon Coast. While the waves were gorgeous, they didn’t have the massive push of a winter storm this year…
Trail Closures In Tillamook County: “No Access Until Further Notice” signs posted at Short Beach Trail and Tire Trail in Oceanside
Tillamook County Public Works posted “No Access Until Further Notice” signs at Short Beach Trail and Tire Trail in Oceanside. This action has been taken due to recently raised liability concerns. Tillamook…
Coast Guard urges beach safety during King Tides
SEATTLE – All beachgoers in the Pacific Northwest are encouraged to exercise heightened caution for sneaker waves during the upcoming King Tides this weekend and for the remainder of the winter. The Coast…