ASTORIA — Panache Hair & Nail Lounge in Astoria announces a new product line called Ouidad, meant for curly and frizzy hair. Owner of the salon, Caitlin Saraniero, has had her shop at 261 West Marine Drive for seven years. The location includes off-street parking. For more information, c…
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Richard Bates purchased the Astoria home that appeared in the 1986 movie "Short Circuit" and is currently renovating it into a 1980s museum and a pet-friendly bed and breakfast. The museum wil…
Small businesses are often the product of the powerful combination of entrepreneurial vision and passion. While these can be helpful to penetrate markets and fuel the tenacity required to over…
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Clatsop home supply ends year at historic low
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Describe what Englund Marine & Industrial Supply does and who it serves.
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It’s been a strange year for the publishing and bookselling industry, according to Karla Nelson, owner of Time Enough Books in Ilwaco.
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Shortly after a six-month commercial eviction moratorium enacted by Oregon ended in October, Atlas Youngs Bay sought to kick out Ross Stores from the North Coast Shops along U.S. Highway 101 f…
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During these COVID-19 days of uncertainty, restrictions and just plain fear, some find there’s nothing quite as comforting as a time of pampering for oneself, be that with a soothing massage, …
ASTORIA – Craft3 has received a $10 million donation from MacKenzie Scott, a philanthropist, author and ex-wife of Amazon owner Jeff Bezos.
The Training Ship M/V Forerunner is used through Clatsop Community College's Marine and Environmental Research Training Station Campus in Astoria.
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A colorful river of epoxy resin flows between and connects two pieces of locally sourced live edge wood, soon to become a place for friends and family to gather around at dinnertime. Delaney M…
This past week, arguably one of the greatest business leaders our country has ever seen died at the age of 46. I learned about Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, in 2010 after reading his b…
CLATSOP COUNTY — At the Clatsop Economic Development Resources annual board meeting, five board positions were elected for a three-year term starting in January.
ASTORIA — Jason Harper joined Coastal Family Health Center in Astoria as its newest doctor.
PORTLAND — OnPoint Community Credit Union announced it will open 20 new branches inside Fred Meyer stores across Oregon and Southwest Washington in 2021. OnPoint currently serves more than 415…
ASTORIA — Clatsop County dwellings continue selling like increasingly rare hotcakes, according to November data from the Clatsop Association of Realtors.
ASTORIA — Bank of the Pacific announced it plans to relocate its Astoria branch to Warrenton in March.
During these unparalleled COVID-19 times, we have worked every day within CEDR and the Clatsop Community College Small Business Development Center to assist our business community with advisin…
PORTLAND — The Pacific Northwest's primary wholesale electricity provider plans little change in what it charges public utility districts and private utilities between Oct. 1, 2021 for rates t…
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This holiday season is unlike any in recent history, and local small businesses need the support of their communities in order to stay open. To help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, merc…
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Andrew Mattingly of Astoria started with regional lender Craft3, then Enterprise Cascadia, in an operations and administrative assistance position in 2010. Mattingly has since grown within the…
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It’s the time of year when local garden stores are stocked with freshly cut fir trees, garlands and wreaths.
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More than a year has passed since a log ship left the Port of Astoria for China. Pier 1 sits empty except for the Regatta, a passenger ship in lay berth since October while the industry rides …
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Before families gather around the dinner table and enjoy cranberry sauce during the holiday season, a family in Gearhart gathers in a bog to harvest the bright red fruit.
The financial services company WalletHub reported last month that the average American credit score is 680, but found Oregon and Washington residents are doing substantially better.
While the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions have been tough on businesses like restaurants and movie theaters, some local business owners have found success through creativity.
Building a strong culture may not guarantee business success, but ignoring it inhibits a business’s chance for long-term sustainability. Company culture is defined as the shared values, belief…
The Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce is bringing back its shop local campaign, “Elf on the Shelf,” on Facebook.
Crabbers and other Pacific Northwest commercial fishermen are being asked to participate in an online survey being conducted to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration underst…
A landmark genetic study has concluded that spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon are “fundamentally the same animal,” a conclusion with important implications for salmon recovery efforts and…
WARRENTON — Warrenton KIA filled a KIA Soul with donations of non-perishable food and donated $2,000 to the Clatsop Community Action's Regional Food Bank.
ASTORIA — The seller’s market for Clatsop County houses continued without a pause in October, with average prices climbing 23% from a year earlier and the supply tightening.
A headline from a weekly business newsletter crossed my inbox recently and caught my attention. It read: “Price matters more than experience in 2020.” For so long, we have been talking about c…
Sharon L.R. Johnson joined Windermere Realty Trust’s Gearhart office as a broker in September.
Aside from being a software engineer at Intel working on cellular technology, Candy Yiu owns Portland restaurant Malka; Near the Pier Guesthouse, a boutique hotel in Astoria; and Slurpalicious…
ASTORIA — By some measures, Oregon is doing best in the U.S. in terms of bouncing back from the coronavirus crisis job-loss crisis, according to WalletHub, a financial services company.
ILWACO — It has been a better-than-expected year for salmon in the Columbia River, with Chinook, coho and steelhead returns all well above preseason forecasts. This is great news for recreatio…
As a multimedia journalist, I look forward to creating more videos to bring you closer to the stories of local businesses in an engaging way. For this edition of the business journal, you can …
ASTORIA — Scott McClaine spent decades collecting coins. When he had to close his shop in 2013, he prayed the right opportunity would allow him to start again. In June, McClaine celebrated a r…
CLATSOP COUNTY — Small businesses and nonprofits in Clatsop County that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19 can apply for a new state grant program.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March, we have all learned that there is no “business as usual” about the past seven months in the business community here in this region, throughout Ore…
Cathy “CJ” Opfer joined Windermere Realty Trust as a new real estate broker in the agency's Gearhart office in August. Opfer was an art educator in Virginia Beach, VA before starting her real …
Nominations for the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce’s George Award and Richard Ford Distinguished Service Award are open until Nov. 30. The awardees will be announced at the chamber…
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Around the country, worries have risen of businesses and tenants unable to make rent as coronavirus relief runs out, in turn putting pressure on landlords needing to cover their own loans.
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WAUNA — When virus-related restrictions were introduced earlier this year and people began hunkering down at home, the Georgia-Pacific, Wauna Mill in Clatskanie got even busier.
Busy roads, lines at our favorite spots, trash on beaches and trails, rudeness and entitled behavior — this summer’s tourist season had it all, didn’t it? Despite that, what follows here will…
Staffing and turnover rates are all over the map during COVID-19, according to David Reid, executive director of the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce.
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