This media company's "marketing specialist" aggressively downloaded my business logo, private phone…read morenumber, mailing address, and copyright protected photography (I'm a landscape photographer), and created an ad I never asked for or agreed to buy. After saying "no" several times in writing, the accountant in Bend mailed me a bill for the ad they sent to my email and noted it would be printed 15,000 times as well as be in their online version of their Outdoors Magazine. I do not advertise my personal phone number publicly, they had no right in their predatory commercial misappropriation of my business logo and copyright protected photography to try to sell it back to me in an ad and demand payment. Unprofessional predators.

The Astorian is an excellent local paper which all in the Astoria area should read and support. It…read moreis only through their excellent articles does one know what is happening and who is doing what. They recently won 10 newspaper awards for their excellence which included their photography. I strongly recommend everyone reading this to subscribe to their online e-edition.

I found this free monthly tabloid in a Vancouver entrance-way. At 28 pages it's huge; 2/3 local…read morenews, 1/3 advertising for "Woodland, Kalama & Points All Around". There's a lot of substance. It's delivered to the locals for free. For others a subscription is $25 per year. I wish they'd say "who" authored "each" article.

It seems to be the postal worker sub. He is gone now and no problems.read more

It is a pretty cool little paper for our small area. The Senior Menu Section is normally the…read morelargest written article in it, so I guess I have something to look forward to in my golden years if I am not too busy whizzing in my drawers and forgetting my name. Our favourite read is the Police Blotter. It can be filled with some unintended humour. You have to love some of our residents and "crimes" that are reported. Prowler calls turn out to be raccoons, suspicious noises tend to be neighbourhood cats tap dancing on a roof, the usual listing of the town drunks, and rebels without a clue can always bring a laugh as well. It is actually pretty refreshing to live in a region with minimal crime where we can giggle at the crime statistics. Hell, the listing of "offenders" gives the bar crowd at Rod's something to gossip about on slow nights!! In this day and age were print media is suffering and going all electronic, it is nice to have a small town paper that serves the local needs. Warrenton is an odd little area. It takes a special paper to keep its finger on the pulse of all of the action. Gotta go watch the paint dry....peace.

Some of the best literature that you have never read is being published by this impressive literary…read moremagazine. Most of the writers published in this quarterly aren't aiming to be The Next Big Thing In The Publishing World, although they certainly have the talent to become just that. They're writing for writing's sake, and their work reflects that fact. Usually themed, Tin House Magazine packs a punch with its unique offerings in fiction, poetry and the art of the essay. It's a wonder that this magazine isn't available on newsstands everywhere, but then again its Fall 2009 issue, the doubly-themed "Hope/Dread," featured a brilliant sun on one side and a menacing devil on the other, and the literature was chosen accordingly. Try putting that out there on the same rack with Cosmo and see which one sells faster. But then again, Tin House isn't about sales, at least not in the conventional publishing sense. They are all about good literature, and they're not afraid to publish good literature. In a world gone mad - or at the very least, dominated by popular fiction that's often not worth the paper it's printed on - Tin House is a breath of fresh air. Sometimes strange, often different, usually thought-provoking air, but fresh air all the same. Can I get an "Amen" to that?

This is one of the best literary creative writing publications in the US! It comes out quarterly…read moreand always has amazing reads. And one of the draws is their summer workshop which has readings each night for an entire week from the likes of Aimee Bender, Steve Almond, Jim Sheppard. Students and literary fans come for workshops from all over the country. It doesn't get better to sit at the bog at Reed while your most favorite authors read their work! And I almost feel like I am at adult summer camp or some Ivy League east coast campus for that one week in July!

Love what Vignette stands for and does. Their creative + strategic approach of bridging the gap…read morebetween employees and employers is amazing, and that is only the beginning of all of the great work this agency can provide. They go above and beyond from point A to point B. The level of care one gets by being a client is top notch. They are my agency of choice when it comes to Employee Engagement. If you are looking to find a new approach to breathe new life into your business, brand, culture and/or communications...do yourself a huge favor and call Vignette. I've referred them to many folks in the industry. Check out their work!

From the owner: Vignette is the Employee Experience Agency®. We help Leaders, HR departments & Internal…read moreCommunications teams engage and activate employees through powerful employer brand engagement; making your company the employer of choice. Since our inception, Vignette has helped companies elevate their employee experience, creating more rewarding connections between employers and employees.

I love how Aberdeen's newspaper is called "The Daily World."…read more If that doesn't rock, I don't know what does. Zipzap Zubidy Bop!

Very little original content, most is culled from the wire. Typos abound in everything that is…read moreoriginal, to the degree that you really question the education of whoever works there. Why don't they use the spellcheck on their computers? I know they use Macs at the Daily World and I know Macs come with spell check!

My parents shipped 9 boxes back to Atlanta. Only 7 of them arrived, one of them delayed. UPS…read morerequires the shipper to start an investigation/claim. Patrick claims he did this and I waited patiently to hear the results of the investigation. I periodically called and emailed to get updates, but he stopped responding. As I looked into it more myself, I am now past the 60 day limit where UPS will give refunds. So my parents have neither their missing items or compensation. Use a different company to ship your items!!!

The least dependable business I've ever had to deal with. Their days and hours are posted, but…read moreoften the owner arrives 2-3 hours late, and rarely are they open on any of those days posted anyway. It's obvious the owner has a primary business elsewhere, and this is not it. Please - sell it to someone who will take this town's needs seriously.