Astoria Regatta is Named Newest Oregon Heritage Tradition
The Oregon Heritage Commission has named the Astoria Regatta, which has celebrated the community’s connections to the water since 1894, an Oregon Heritage Tradition. The Astoria Regatta is only the fourth event given the honor. The others include the Oregon State Fair (founded 1858), the Linn County Pioneer Picnic (1887) and the comparatively young Pendleton [...]
Clatsop Community College’s Maritime Science Program has received approval from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) as an approved Training Ship Program that allows those successfully completing the course of study to be credited with 360 days of sea service, training and testing towards an endorsement as Able Seaman Special (AB-Special) or Operator of Uninspected [...]
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A report of a burglary in progress at a residence in the unincorporated area outside Warrenton resulted in the arrest of three people with criminal charges pending on a fourth, Wednesday evening. While Clatsop County Deputy Walker was responding to the report he located Levi Dennis Broome (DOB: 07/12/83) at the residence. As the Deputy [...]
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For well over half of a century the neon sign of the Kilowatt Man hovered above Youngs Bay, glowingly reminding customers in Astoria, “Ready Kilowatt, always at your service.” Electric power was as close as the flip of a switch, and then, suddenly, the brightly burning sign was gone. While the power company remained in [...]
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Warrenton, OR – Thursday, April 4th, at 3:00 PM, Warrenton Police Officer, Ray Ayers, was going on-duty for his patrol shift and turned his department-issued cell phone on. After powering up, Officer Ayers noted that he immediately received a text message notification and voice mail notification. Upon checking the text message and voice mail he [...]
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No April’s Fool Day joke could have come off better than Astoria’s Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Program’s first day of construction on the project. Shortly after work started at the intersection of 8th St and Commercial in downtown Astoria, excavation work uncovered unexpected historic trolley tracks. Now that the historic trolley tracks have been discovered, [...]
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The Clatsop County Drug Task Force arrested three subjects on drug related charges, resulting from two separate investigations late last week. On March 1st, Drug Task Force detectives arrested Amber Marie Lucas, a transient in Seaside, on two counts of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and two counts of Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine. Detectives had previously [...]
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A press release was issued by the family of the young children who survived the tragic car accident that killed their mother on February 20th. The family would like the public to know that the children are now recovering at home in Astoria, Oregon. The family would also like to clarify the injuries the children [...]
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It was a bittersweet homecoming as Keaton Huff brought his daughters, Aryianna Rath and Lylah Huff, home from the hospital tonight, just in time to attend their mother’s funeral tomorrow. At a private service, the immediate family will say goodbye to Jessica Marie (Rath) Huff one final time on Monday. The family is hoping the [...]
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An account has been established at Wells Fargo Bank in Astoria, Oregon, for the sisters who crawled from the wreckage of a single vehicle accident after their mother perished in an accident on SR-401 near Naselle, Washington, early Wednesday morning. Christina Dorning, at the Astoria branch of Wells Fargo, has confirmed that an account has [...]
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