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Cannabis at the Coast

I’m a cannabis-specialty nurse in Oregon, which in itself is an immense challenge.

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Dave’s Detours: Gerdemann Garden

April showers bring May flowers (or for some, spring allergies). It is time to cover my two flowering beauty detours. First, the rhododendrons at Yachats.

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Crafting the perfect weekend

With the re-emergence of farmers markets along the coast, a familiar wave of normalcy and bliss isn’t far behind.

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Sitka Center offers fresh focus

The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, located just north of Lincoln City, thrives on welcoming and sharing a diverse selection of voices from a wide spectrum of artistic expression.

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Make a collection call

New additions to the permanent collection at Toledo’s Yaquina River Museum of Art are available to view throughout May.

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Cannabis at the Coast

At Holistic Caring, we help patients and professionals bridge the gap between conventional and cannabis healthcare.

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Howl you spend your weekend?

Many crows make a murder. But when ravens gang up? It’s an unkindness. This might originate from the outdated belief that they have a tendency to kick their chicks out of the nest early, but regardless, it’s not the most flattering of collective nouns. Wolves, another member of the bad rap club, didn’t get the memo.

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An artistic Edge-ucation

This summer, the Art on the Edge Studio Tour will once again give art lovers the opportunity for an intimate view of Central Coast artists' work, processes and studios.

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An altared state

Death can come after a long illness or completely out of the blue, but for loved ones left behind there is no such thing as perfectly prepared.

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Blessing of the Fleet

Newport’s Blessing of the Fleet returns this Saturday, May 15, continuing the community tradition of standing firmly behind its fishing fleet.

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Culture club

It’s a new chapter for the arts on the Central Coast. With the advent of vaccine rollouts and more flexible guidelines for small gatherings, organizations are ramping up ways to engage creatively with the public and are even putting some in-person gatherings on the calendar.

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Cannabis at the Coast

At Holistic Caring, we help patients and professionals bridge the gap between conventional and cannabis healthcare.

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Get a lock on fun

Picture yourself trapped in a room made to look and feel like a deserted island, an old-timey jail or a pirate ship. Then, imagine that, instead of using brawn, bribery or a blunderbuss to survive, you need to rely only on your brain.

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Dave’s Detours: Cape Lookout

I really was planning to take one or two weeks off from articles. After the hiatus, I would cover my two flowering beauty detours. But last week’s event brought a story that needs to be told.

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Carve out some time for a cut-out

Across the country, fans have been filling seats at sporting events or live performances with cardboard representations of themselves to try to make the empty seats a little less sad.

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Putting down roots in Otis

After a particularly trying year involving a global pandemic and devastating fires that burned through 2,500 acres, our community has done an exceptional job putting the pieces back together to rebuild.

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Time to enjoy little art

The next big thing in the Oregon Coast art world has opened in Lincoln City, where it is drawing… tiny crowds?

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A banner year for at-home art

Every spring, the light poles in Newport’s Nye Beach district become even brighter when they become home to original art banners, destined for auction in the fall.

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