Cannon Beach News

Big waves, wild sights, a couple of seals washing ashore, "talking" barnacles and the rare oddity known as the "green flash at sunset:" these were all a part of the Oregon coast this weekend, on top of the vibrant sun and warm temperatures that brought out tourists in droves.

Contact the Cannon Beach Chamber for more information at 503-436-2623. For more events, see www.cannonbeach.org . Downtown Cannon Beach Cannon Beach sits up against this rather spectacular stretch of beach, with an upscale vibe that evokes Carmel, partially because of the proliferation of cedar-shingled siding.

The Cannon Beach History Center is hosting two fascinating features this season, with some world-famous quilts on exhibit until January and a lecture on preserving historical buildings that takes place November 24.

Staff from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department late Tuesday removed a pair of historic cannons that had been buried on a north Oregon coast beach - in the secluded, secretive village of Arch Cape.

The Patriotic Pie sold by the Manzanita Pie Lady. Pies were selling like hot cakes at Cannon Beach's Farmers Market last week.

Astoria's Blue Scorcher Bakery sells out of a booth at Farmers Market in Cannon Beach on Tuesday afternoons.

It's now officially summer on the Oregon coast. And what a big bang it's starting off with.

A tufted puffin is the star of the beach party on Fourth of July weekend at Cannon Beach.

I am from the NW but I have been away for a while. I am coming in July and I will be bringing my girlfriend who has never been to the NW.

I see that two more Republican leaders have proved that their party's family values must mean valuing the women in other people's families.

Smuggler's Cove in Oswald West State Park Oregon even sounds like a comfortable resting spot for your vacation, doesn't it? Wait until you are given all the wonders of the area and the truly relaxing atmosphere, you will be totally convinced it is your kind of getaway.

Go fly a kite in front of Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach. Enter the "Send Terry on the road'' contest, for a chance to win a weekend getaway to central Oregon, by posting a comment with an Oregon travel tip on this Web site.

Major low tides are hitting the Oregon coast these days, and more are coming this week - and even throughout the summer.

PORTLAND, Ore. Searching for shipwrecks and exploring tide pools along the Oregon coast will be easier next week when extremely low tides will expose areas normally hidden by the pounding surf.

Oxalis fills the cracks of my sidewalk and makes me crazy. I'm going to try vinegar to get rid of it ... or at least help control it.

A collection of pictures of sand castles from the Cannon Beach competition in Oregon.

From fireworks to food, music to mirth-making, brews to rubber duckies, it's a mish mash of fun and funkiness along the Oregon coast for the Fourth of July.

The goal : Get out of Dodge by me-self for three days and do it by car. Astoria-Megler Bridge, which links Oregon to Washington state.

Pay cuts, salary freezes, disappearing jobs -- if there was ever a time Oregonians needed a beach retreat, it's now.

My family will be touring the Pacific Northwest at the end of this month, starting in Portland with a couple of days in Cannon Beach before venturing northward.