Vernonia News

Ten Northwest authors will sign books, and some will give readings on Thursday during The Willamette Store's Thank You Sale.

The National Weather Service has posted a flood watch for parts of Columbia County, including Vernonia.

A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for tips that lead to the arrest and conviction of poachers who illegally killed a spike bull elk this morning in the Saddle Mountain Unit near Vernonia.

The powerful storm that buffeted the Oregon Coast overnight Tuesday was the first in a series of strong systems that will continue to slam the coast through Sunday.

Sarah Pinnock of Portland and Linda Harrington of Hillsboro make their way down the bank to the Nehalem River behind the Coastal Mountain Sport Haus to watch chinook spawning.

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

When the destructive 2007 flood hit Vernonia, Kenneth Cox remembers watching helplessly as the water rose, inch by inch.

After two 500-year floods in 11 years, resilient Vernonia residents took a giant step forward on Nov.

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Residents of this flood-weary community celebrated Wednesday at the prospect of a new $37 million school funded through massive, just-approved tax hikes.

Early results indicate that Vernonia voters have approved a $13 million school bond for construction of a new school complex.

Boora Architects designed the K-12 school that Vernonia School District hopes to build.

The Tuality District of Boy Scouts of America will give Richard Kidd its first Good Scout award next month in recognition of his time as mayor of Forest Grove.

ST. HELENS When Portland Community College representatives met with community members in St.

Vernonia Police Sergeant Michael Kay lost his father's Purple Heart, received during the Vietnam War, in the flood which devastated the town in December of 2007.

December 2007 floodwaters surround the Vernonia home of Nancy Schaumburg on Hemlock Lane.

Moving day on the corner of Rose Avenue and Maple Street : The Archers pack up the deep freeze, the basketball hoop, the lizard enclosure and the washing machine.

VERNONIA, Ore. -- Vernonia residents whose homes were destroyed nearly two years ago by floods may be forced to move out of federal housing units.

Tony Pereira, builder at Portland's Pereira Cycles, wears his party attire as he celebrates finishing the Oregon Manifest's 77-mile Constructor's Race from Vernonia to Portland on Saturday.

Feel free to get out and explore this weekend with our Weekend Get-Out Guide for Friday, Oct.