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The May issue of Coast River Business Journal is now available online and in print at numerous locations in the Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington region. For a list of locations you can pick-up a copy of Coast River Business Journal, view our Where to Find a Copy page. For complete access to any of our issues, current or in the archives, become a subscriber.

In the May 2008 issue …

Park Medical Building in Astoria expands coastal medical options

For years, specialized health care has been a concern on the North Coast. To find a specialist in most medical fields or to receive diagnostic tests, residents have traveled out of the area to facilities as far away as Portland or Seattle. Read the full story

CMH health pavilion takes innovative design approach

Columbia Memorial Hospital’s new Health and Wellness Pavilion opens this month at the intersection of Leif Erickson Drive and Exchange Street in Astoria. The new building, located next to the hospital, offers an array of new medical services to the community.From a real estate and construction standpoint, the project is also innovative. Read the full story

Publisher's Note
This may seem like an issue about health care …

At CRBJ, we’ve avoided the use of an annual editorial calendar. Many like-publications use them, but at present, we’re choosing to focus on presenting relevant news and feature articles, instead of being bound by a fixed editorial calendar.Without this explanation, readers may have wondered if we were presenting an issue focused on health care. Au contraire, but because there is so much news about health care in the area that is timely and relevant, it might look a bit that way. Read the full story

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