Astoria News

Associated Press A November 16, 2009 A ASTORIA, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says it will add an extra quarter-million spring chinook smolts to the Youngs Bay net pens next March.

ASTORIA, Ore. a ' The Coast Guard is searching for two missing fishermen two miles south of Yachats.

The liquefied natural gas company Oregon LNG has gotten two important thumbs up on its controversial lease with the Port of Astoria, boosting prospects for its plans to build a terminal on 92 acres near Youngs Bay.

A Long Beach, Wash., woman died Tuesday morning when her car collided head-on with a pickup while attempting to pass another vehicle on the flat stretch of the Astoria-Megler Bridge.

Steady rain sloshed across highways and strong winds pounded the Oregon coast as a powerful November storm blows through.

ASTORIA, Ore. - A crucial weather buoy outside the mouth of the Columbia River was replaced in the nick of time last week, within 24 hours of the first big storms of the season.

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission and the Oregon Recreational Trails Advisory Council will be holding meetings next week in Astoria.

As the city here along the northern Oregon coast continues to see growth, its emergency services are having a hard time keeping up.

ASTORIA - A hand recount of all ballots from the Oct. 27 recall election of Clatsop County Commissioner Ann Samuelson resulted in no change.

CLACKAMAS - Officials with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will add about 250,000 spring Chinook smolts to Young's Bay near Astoria next spring.

West Salem High School's marching band captured first place in the "Southridge Spectacle of Sound" band competition Oct.

The deck of an Astoria hotel collapsed Thursday, police said. Six people fell into the water after the deck at the Red Lion Hotel, located at 400 Industry St., gave way at about 5:10 p.m. They suffered minor injuries, police said.

Officials with the Oregon and Washington departments of Fish and Wildlife have set up meetings Thursday and Nov.

Oregon Attorney General John Kroger has confirmed a suspicion about the sweet lease that Calpine signed with the Port of Astoria in 2004.

At the very northwestern tip of Oregon, Astoria is a boomtown of frivolity during the season, and beyond.

In Dried Salmon County the issue of LNG is as explosive politically as the fuel itself is, it would seem; the issue of Bradwood Landing triggered two recalls, one for County Commissioner Jeff Hazen, the other for Couny Commissioner Ann Samuelson.

Three incumbents and a former member were elected Thursday to the governing board of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association by the group's membership.

The race is on to bring hundreds of red-throated loons and other sensitive migratory birds to a Fairfield rescue facility after the animals were hit by an unusual algal bloom off the cost of the Pacific Northwest.

Richard was born in Astoria, Oregon. Graduated Wilson High School in 1963. He loved hunting, fishing, playing cards and warm Mexico.

According to OregonLive.com , thousands of seabirds have been killed by Akashiwo sanguinea , a type of algae foam, in recent weeks along the coasts of Oregon and Washington.