Kelso, WA

Scappoose School District AM/PM buses on snow routes. Bus routes 2,4,6 and 7 will be on snow routes.

The boater helped one man to the shoreline, police said.

The City of St. Helens is inviting interested vendors and volunteers to participate in Citizens Day in the Park 2023. Citizens Day is an annual community event hosted by the St. Helens City Council at McCormick Park. according to a release from the cityThe event is focused on strengthening community connections by encouraging people to turn off technology and enjoy a day of fun activities in St. Helens’ largest park. ...

There are 2 high school 🏀 games in Kelso. The Mountain View High School basketball team will have a game with Kelso High School on January 30, 2023, 19:00:00. The Mountain View High School basketball team will have a game with Kelso High School on January 30, 2023, 18:45:00.

The Greater Toledo Community Library’s Valentine’s Day Book and Bake Sale will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, and Tuesday, Feb. 14. Valentine’s Day cards will also be available for $1 to $2 each, many of them with Mary Engelbreit designs. Books are supplied by Friends of the Toledo Library and sweets are baked by volunteers.

The usual winter weather held off long enough for a crowd gathered in the middle of one of Ridgefield’s new housing developments to celebrate the opening of a community park. On Saturday, Jan. 28, community members, city officials, and family of the late Joe Melo ceremonially opened DeMelo Park....

One person has been arrested following a shooting in the area of Hods Lane near St. Helens. The investigation by the Columbia County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) unfolded Monday, Jan. 16. The Columbia County Major Crimes Team (MCT) was also dispatched to the scene to investigate the shooting. The shooting victim has been identified as 67-year-old Thomas Norman Barker of St. Helens. Barker was taken by Life Flight to Legacy Emanuel...

Editor’s Note: The Chronicle has provided coverage of local landslides over the years, the dangers of the slides and how homeowners and drivers can be prepared for such events. Most recently, we reported details about the Highway 30 north of Clatskanie. In the following, guest writer Steve Lundeberg gives us insight into new landslide research at Oregon State University (OSU). A long-term Pacific Northwest study of landslides, clear-cutting timber and...

Chronicle staffer Sarah Burdick captured these photos of semi-rare "hair ice," also known as ice wool or frost beard, during a walk near Napavine on Sunday morning. "Fungus shapes a strangely wondrous kind of ice called hair ice that is found only on rotting logs ... To see hair ice, one’s best chance is to hike into a broadleaf forest between the latitudes of between 45° and 55° N on a cold morning. There, amid patches of snow and frost, a keen eye might spot delicate crystals extending from wood in filaments about 0.01 millimeters thick — about the diameter of a human hair. But as soon as the sun rises, the fragile sculpture will melt away," Smithsonian Magazine wrote.

Woodland High School’s Career & Technical Education (CTE) courses provide students with the opportunity to learn lifeskills and potential career paths including auto repair. Students in the school’s auto repair classes worked on a 1999 Volkswagen Jetta GLS replacing and repairing different components in the car’s powertrain and brakes while also performing needed maintenance and servicing, and now everyone will have the opportunity to bid on the car in a silent auction which will be held online on Friday, February 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Oregon is facing an overdose crisis. According to Oregon Health Authority (OHA), unintentional and undetermined drug overdose deaths in Oregon more than doubled between 2019 and 2021. Illicitly manufactured Fentanyl (IMF) is at the heart of this crisis and has now surpassed methamphetamine as the most frequent drug involved in overdose deaths. An issue briefing from the OHA to the Oregon Governor’s Office revealed staggering statistics about the crisis. ...

"I am excited to take on this role and honored to be the first woman elected as Sheriff in Multnomah County. Over my career, I have been a trailblazer because I've had to be,” Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell told The Chief. On Wednesday, Jan. 4, Morrisey O'Donnell was sworn in as the 41st Sheriff of Multnomah County. It is the first time in the 168-year history of the agency that a woman has been elected to the position. Multnomah County is the most populous in Oregon...

TOLEDO — In a muddy field northwest of Toledo, multicolored flags marked the thousands of spots where natural color will push through this spring, signaling the return of one of the most significant plants to the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. On Friday, about 30 Cowlitz tribal members, staff and volunteers...

I have lived, worked and retired in Napavine, and it is a tight knit community. If I want something to do after supper, I go up to the high school. I will watch a Tiger team — be it volleyball, football, basketball, baseball, track or soccer. I might also hear an awesome pep band pump up the crowd with their catchy tunes. Or I might have the opportunity to listen to our music students perform at a concert.

The Ridgefield City Council held a meeting focused on its downtown corridor on Thursday as they passed a resolution for mail delivery and an ordinance on development fee waivers. During the Jan. 26 meeting, the council voted 6-0 to approve a resolution to remove restrictions on mail delivery downtown. The...

One Woodland equestrian team member and 2023 graduate of the district’s alternative school has embraced her time volunteering at a horse therapy clinic as a way to help those with disabilities. Hope Batchelder, who recently completed her studies at TEAM High School, volunteers at Healing Steps, an occupational therapy...

NAPAVINE — Stifling the Rainier attack through the first half, the 2B No. 5 Napavine boys basketball team continued its hot streak, defeating the Mountaineers at home Friday night, 80-57. The win clinches a top-2 finish in the Central 2B league for the Tigers, and a bye in the first round of the district tournament.

Two dogs who are suspected of killing chickens in Salkum on Jan. 12 are still at large. Jerett Latimer came home to his place on Fuller Road that day to find three of his chickens killed by a predator and one missing. “The chicken wire that was stapled to a...

Trailing 42-31 entering the fourth quarter, the Warrenton boys basketball team charged back and outscored Rainier 23-9 in the final eight minutes, for a 54-51 win over the Columbians. Warrenton improves to 3-5 in league with the much-needed win, 7-12 overall. Rainier drops to 0-7, 2-17.

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