Columbia County News

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

St. Helens' Jen Johnston and her 4-year-old son, Logan, join Scappoose's Kellia Meharry and her son, Quinn, 2, in a less congested patch of grass at the Columbia Health District office on Gable Road last Friday as others held their place in line.

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

After a hiatus of several years, the Little Spooks parade returned to St. Helens, with "little spooks" of all ages showing off their costumes in a parade down S. 1st Street and trick or treating at local merchants' shops in Olde Towne St.

Local activists against domestic violence are launching a new program that will provide a safe place where a parent, restrained under court order from contact with his or her child, can still have supervised visitation with that child.

Get out and explore with our budget-friendly Weekend Get-Out Guide for Thursday, Oct.

ST. HELENS, Ore. - It has been more than a year since 28-year-old Jeffery Little died on Highway 30.

From left, County Commissioner Tony Hyde, Sen. Betsy Johnson, St. Helens Senior Center manager Cheryl Young, St.

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

The Columbia Health District's bid to bring a hospital to South Columbia County hit a serious block on Oct.

Pieces of the pandemic - An instructional pamphlet, nasal applicator for the Flumist H1N1 live-culture vaccine and a pair of latex gloves are part of the health care providers arsenal for battling back the H1N1 flu bug.

An Oregon business partnership called Orpet announced this morning it plans to build a bottle recycling plant on Port of St.

Ross Williamsand Krystal reunite with wife, Susan Wellington, after a night in the woods west of St.

A 72-year-old man missing overnight in a rural area of St. Helens was located on the morning of Oct.

A 72-year-old man who went on a hike with his dog and spent the night in the wilderness near St.

Property owners, be on the lookout for your 2009-2010 property tax statements, which will soon be in the mail.

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

The pilot of an experimental single-engine plane was Kenneth Turpen, a Bainbridge Island resident and pilot for United Air Lines out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, crashed mid-morning on his way to Scappoose, Ore.

Garlic grows well in the Northwest, and experts say September through November is the best time to plant.

Nearly four hours after a single-engine airplane went missing in south Columbia County Monday, emergency personnel pulled a conscious but battered Washington man from the plane's wreckage.