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Where you buy your holiday gift matters. When you buy from a North Coast or Peninsula business, your dollars are returned to the area in the form of jobs, sponsorships and reinvestment.

Why Shopping Local Matters - The Astorian The importance of keeping holiday dollars in our local economy   Brought to you by Dennis Company Ace Long Beach   From the working docks of Astoria to the wind-swept boardwalks of Long Beach, local businesses do more than sell goods — they anchor community life. When you shop here, you’re not...

Ilwaco Art Walk begins Sunday May 25.

Ilwaco Art Walk begins season offering much variety May 25 - Discover Our Coast It’s time for Ilwaco Art Walks. Held each year on the last Sundays of May through September, the participating galleries will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. May 25. Ilwaco Art Walks include a variety of venues showcasing local artisans, authors and other creatives. Jenna Austin is the Ilwaco Mercha...

Here is news about a children’s poetry contest on the North Coast/SW Washington that is being revived. But note the deadline is May 1.

Calling young poets! Children’s poetry competition revived; deadline May 1 - Discover Our Coast A children’s poetry competition that existed in Clatsop County in the 1940s is being revived. In 1941, 11- and 12-year-old students from 23 schools entered a poetry contest. Their poems were preserved in the archives of the Clatsop County Historical Society. In 2024, Astoria poet Jennifer Nighting...

The Oregon Coast Trail rises and falls along 363 miles of the state’s scenic shoreline.

In Issue 14 of Our Coast Magazine, photographer Lukas Prinos takes readers on the first 60 miles, from the Columbia River South Jetty to the mouth of Tillamook Bay.

Read more from this year's edition of Our Coast at www.discoverourcoast.com and in print.

Take a seaside journey of sweets On the North Coast, creative bakers and chefs are conjuring up all sorts of morsels to tempt and satisfy sweet cravings.