Clatsop County News

A professor and a lawyer strongly on opposing sides of the death penalty agreed on one thing in their debate at Vanderbilt University: No matter the punishment, crime victims' families don't get closure.

OPB is picking up the topic this morning of the new pot cafe opening on Northeast Dekum.

Former Gresham Police Chief Carla Piluso is one of four finalists for the position of U.S. marshal for the state of Oregon.

At a recall election in Clatsop County, Commissioner Anne Samuelson apparently has lost her seat by the margin of four votes .

ASTORIA, Ore. - Clatsop County Commissioner Patricia Roberts is facing a recall election.

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.

Clatsop County Commissioner Jeff Hazen has survived a recall election, but colleague Ann Samuelson is in danger of losing her seat.

Over the weekend, a 13-person selection committee interviewed candidates for two plum federal law enforcement posts in Oregon: U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshal.

The Port of Astoria's former director improperly used his position to secure work for his girlfriend in 2004 with a company seeking to build a liquefied natural gas terminal near Astoria, the Oregon Attorney General's office said today.

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

It's a place full of atmosphere and hidden legends, the kind of conditions ripe for intrigue and things to spark the imagination into flights of fancy, in a way that's similar to how Lovecraft was inspired by the east coast to write his weird, creepy tales.

A 55-year-old Astoria man wanted as a sexual predator was arrested Wednesday in Central America at the request of the U.S. Marshals Oregon Fugitive Task Force.

Police and prosecutors say a court of appeals ruling will make it more difficult to investigate and prosecute suspected drunken drivers.

A fugitive sex offender from Oregon has been arrested in the Central American nation of Belize.

Those who live outside of Clatsop County have no idea how adamantly opposed residents are to the possibility of liquefied natural gas storage.

Forty miles up the Columbia River from Astoria, Bradwood Landing was an industrial site from 1856 through 1965 and will be again if final state permits are issued for a liquefied natural gas terminal proposed by NorthernStar Natural Gas.

Sen. Ron Wyden's office has released the names of those whom a selection committee jointly named by Wyden and Sen.

Wrongheaded recall elections looming in Clatsop County are a sure sign the fight over liquefied natural gas development there has gotten out of hand.

CLATSOP CONTY, Ore. Plans to build a liquid natural gas facility on the banks of the Columbia River near Astoria took another step forward Wednesday.

A Vancouver man who went missing Saturday on a hike in Oregon was found dead after apparently falling 1,000 feet, the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office reported.