As Multnomah County COVID Cases Decline, Public Health Officials Implore Portlanders to Forgo Labor Day Beach Parties

In the two weeks following the Memorial Day weekend, Multnomah County saw a 50 percent increase in demand for testing.

Hike of the Week: Cape Disappointment Does Not Live Up to Its Name

If you’ve never driven across the lengthy Astoria-Megler Bridge—which peaks at almost 200 feet above the Columbia to provide enough clearance for massive freighters before skimming the water the final few miles into Washington—you probably haven’t seen Cape Disappointment. And with such a discouraging moniker, you may question whether it’s worth a visit.

A Newport Seafood Institution Is Bringing a Piece of the Oregon Coast to Valley-Dwellers

It’s no secret that valley folk are desperate to visit Oregon’s beaches, after all. For now, a vicarious taste will have to do, and Local Ocean is happy to bring some salt and brine to its landlocked neighbors in the form of the Dock Box, which launched in Newport nearly two months ago and recently expanded to Portland.

Employment Claims Show Greatest Economic Damage on Oregon’s Coast and for Less Educated Workers

Three of the top four counties as measured by layoffs as a percentage of workforce—Lincoln, Clatsop and Coos—are on the coast.

Mayor of Astoria “Appalled” by “Irresponsible Vacationers” Hitting the Oregon Coast During a Pandemic

People Pack the Oregon Coast Despite Warnings to Stay Home

Coast Guard Searching for Child Who Was Swept Away by Ocean Waves on Oregon Coast

Scientists Are Studying a Massive Underwater Volcano off the Coast of Oregon

300 miles off the coast of Oregon lies an active volcano, with a magma reservoir two thirds the length of Manhattan, that the world has never seen before.