Author: Alicia Spooner

ROBERT POTTS
Art, ASTORIA, Culture/History, Music

48 Hours in ASTORIA

STORY BY MARIE SHERLOCK FOR THE FULL PRINT EDITORIAL VERSION OF THE STORY CLICK HERE Sometimes called “Little San Francisco” because of its steep hills dotted with Victorian mansions, Astoria offers fascinating history interspersed with great restaurants, breweries, and art galleries. POP QUIZ: WHAT’S the oldest American settlement west of […]

Carly Diaz
TILLAMOOK

Tillamook Creamery Opens New Visitor Center

After a year and a half of construction, Tillamook Creamery’s new visitor’s center is open! With an average of 1.3 million visitors each year, Tillamook Creamery is one of the Northwest’s biggest attractions, rivaling Seattle’s Space Needle, according to association CEO Patrick Criteser. Inside the new 42,800-square foot center, visitors […]

Courtesy U.S. Navy/ Wikimedia
Culture/History, Outdoor

The Sub Chase of 1943: Setting the Record Straight

The Oregon Coast Project searches for sunken subs off Oregon’s shore. Story by Cheryl D. Wanner On May 19, 1943, a soundman aboard Navy patrol vessel PC-815 picked up the unmistakable ping of an enemy sub inside the shipping lanes north of Cape Meares on the Oregon Coast. When a […]