The Oregon Health Authority has lifted an alert it issued for Cannon Beach at Gower Creek. That's after lab tests on samples collected near a sewage spill show there is low risk of exposure to fecal bacteria.
The alert was issued earlier this week by the Oregon Beach Monitoring Program after a reported sewage overflow at the Gower Creek outfall, where the creek spills into Cannon Beach.
OHA is lifting its alert to the public and will not be issuing a formal beach water quality advisory.
Contact with the ocean water no longer poses a higher-than-normal risk.