Vernonia News

The December 2007 flood that ravaged the small community of Vernonia was our most recent local reminder that disaster can strike anytime, anywhere.

Stub Stewart State Park unveils the start of something good for mountain bikers when it opens the park system's first bike-specific trails and freeride features Saturday during the annual Oregon State Parks Day celebration.

State police are searching for a 32-year-old man who fled a traffic stop Thursday near L.L. Stub Stewart State Park in unincorporated Washington County.

The steamy novel "50 Shades of Grey" is at the top of the best sellers list. However it's doing more than selling books, it's also drawing crowds to a posh downtown Seattle condo tower, the Escala.

Students at Reynolds High School leave for the day. A recent study found 27 percent of the district's students were absent more than one tenth of the time Nearly one in four students in east Multnomah County missed school more than one-tenth of the time last year.

A fatal crash just north of Washington County on Oregon 47 has the highway blocked, Oregon State Police reports.

BACKGROUND: Before being elected to the commission in 1996, Hyde served as the both a city councilor and mayor of Vernonia.

A state report has found that Banks School District has a chronic problem with school absenteeism.