Astoria News

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.

A red-throated Loon, covered in foam, lies in the sand near the Klipsan beach approach on the northern end of the Olympic Peninsula.

Peter Gearin, former director of the Port of Astoria, is accused of using his position to get his then-girlfriend a job with a company seeking to build a liquefied natural gas terminal near Astoria.

OSP troopers from the Astoria Area Command office and OSP collision reconstructionists are continuing the investigation.

Danger Den has introduced the DD-5870 waterblock for ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards.

A National Transportation Safety Board report says the pilot who crashed a small plane into a Gearhart house in August 2008 failed to maintain control of the plane because of spatial disorientation.

A string of break-ins and burglaries led police to issue a crime alert Thursday on the Oregon Coast.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Oa Brien Hollow of Air Station Astoria approaches an overturned skiff found while conducting a search for a missing boater near Nehalem, Ore., Friday, Oct.

The tall ship Lady Washington is back for an encore - and this time she plans to teach a thing or two.

The Fort George Brewery and Public House in Astoria has the same laid-back feel as many breweries and pubs in Portland.

Salem-News.com - October 9, 2009 - 11:14 pm Oct-09-2009 22:02 Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Fisherman Salem-News.com Coast Guard crews and local agencies searched for a 65-year old man who was reported overdue from a fishing trip.