Rockaway Beach, the Tillamook County town with seven miles of sand
Rockaway Beach grew up as a Portland vacation spot in the early 1900s. Today its businesses balance second homes, vacation…
By Corey Lindqvist ·
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Business
The North Coast economy: ports, fishing, maritime trades, tourism and local business.
Garibaldi, the working port at the mouth of Tillamook Bay
Garibaldi's harbor is home to commercial crab and fishing boats, charter operators and processors. The port remains one of the…
By Joel Koskinen ·
How The Goonies keeps paying off for Astoria
Decades after its 1985 release, The Goonies still draws fans to Astoria. The city turned the old county jail into…
By Megan Harlow ·
Tillamook’s creamery is still owned by the dairy farmers who supply it
The Tillamook County Creamery Association dates to 1909 and remains a farmer-owned cooperative, even as its cheese and ice cream…
By Dana Whitcomb ·
Fort George Brewery and the old buildings it brought back on Duane Street
Fort George opened in 2007 in a former automotive building in Astoria and grew across the block, becoming one of…
By Joel Koskinen ·
A hotel on old cannery pilings in the Columbia
The Cannery Pier Hotel stands 600 feet into the Columbia River on the pilings of the former Union Fish cannery,…
By Dana Whitcomb ·
Cannon Beach runs on visitors, and the city plans around it
With about 1,500 residents and a summer population many times that, Cannon Beach depends on lodging taxes and day visitors,…
By Joel Koskinen ·
The volunteer-run trolley that still rattles along Astoria’s waterfront
Astoria's Riverfront Trolley runs a restored 1913 streetcar on old railroad track along the Columbia River, staffed largely by volunteers.
By Megan Harlow ·
What the Port of Astoria does now that the canneries are gone
The Port of Astoria manages piers, a marina, an airport and a cruise ship berth. Its finances have long been…
By Corey Lindqvist ·
Seaside’s Promenade and the business of a classic beach town
Seaside has been a resort since the 1870s. Its 1.5-mile Promenade and Broadway strip still anchor a tourist economy built…
By Dana Whitcomb ·