Length: Four miles of sandy beaches; a two-mile-long dirt/gravel/sand trail along the spit to the north jetty and a two-mile-long paved/gravel bike path on the bay side of the park. Level of ...

As rain pelted Portland, I wistfully checked e-mails one last time to see whether perhaps Kayak Tillamook had canceled the paddle trip I was planning with them that afternoon on the new Nehalem River ...

Federal wildlife officials announced Wednesday they will put $1.6 million toward the purchase and protection of 49 acres of valuable coastal wetlands around the rapidly developing Nehalem Bay region.