When Dennis Richardson was elected Oregon secretary of state, on the same day and party ticket as Donald Trump first was elected president, he moved quickly to look into a subject Trump talked about ...

Last weekend, the 2026 Coastal Clash Pickleball Tournament returned to Fred Lindstrom Park on July 11 and 12, but this time there was a twist. In past years, the two-day tournament has been run by ...

The nearly $30 million settlement with generic drug manufacturer Glenmark is part of a series of antitrust cases against dozens of companies since 2016 The fifth pharmaceutical company sued by ...

Nearly 70 years ago, teenager Linda Blomquist Killion sold postcards, Necco Wafers and camera slides at the Astoria Column Gift Shop. Later, her younger sister Vicki Gasser, did, too. But they said ...

I’m puzzled by the idea that the Astoria City Council has malevolently pulled one over on Astorians by sending Oregon League of Cities-recommended charter reform proposals to the November ballot.

At the Monday, July 6 Astoria City Council meeting, councilors voted to add a trio of city charter amendments to the November Ballot. Charter amendments such as the three that came before council, ...

A suspect in two homicides in Washington state is dead after a shoot out with police in Seaside Wednesday evening. No other injuries were reported and the officers involved in the shooting have been ...

SEASIDE — A shelter-in-place order issued Wednesday evening in Seaside was lifted after authorities located a Washington homicide suspect, according to KOIN 6. Local residents received an emergency ...

Voters will get to make the call this November on whether the Astoria City Council expands from five members to seven. At the July 6 meeting, a majority of the Astoria City Council approved ...

The Oregon Health Authority has so far awarded $175.3 million in grants from a new federal program meant to support rural healthcare. The Rural Health Transformation Program, established by the ...

The Astoria City Council is not just an advisory group. It is the governing body of the city. Councilors vote on the local laws, policies, budgets, taxes, fees and major projects that determine how ...

There’s no stopping the Clatsop County Special Olympic athletes. Brittney Clarke and Jacob McCarr competed in three different events at the 2026 USA Games in Minneapolis. Clarke won gold in the ...