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Finally Home: Columbia Hills welcomes back residents
Columbia Hills Retirement Center has risen from the ashes, welcoming back residents of the facility with a ceremony just over 18 months after a deadly fire claimed the life of one resident and displaced others. The fire took place in October of 2022 at Columbia Hills Retirement Center at 36050 Pittsburg Road in St. Helens. An explosion and subsequent fire took the life of one resident and caused significant damage to one of the facility’s wings. ...
OHSET Girls Compete at State
The Vernonia OHSET team competed at the State Championship May 9-12 in McMinnville. The Vernonia athletes had a good showing, with the highlight being Hayden Rau’s 2nd place finish in Barrels, earning her a trip to the Regional competition in Moses Lake, Washington June 14-16. Rau, riding Junior, finished...
Back from Nationals: Rainier History Bowl JV team earns 4th place
The RJSHS History Bowl JV Team has returned from the 2024 National History Bowl and competed well, earning a fourth-place finish in the country in the Small Schools division. There are four students on the JV high school team. They qualified to attend Nationals after winning their second consecutive regional championship at the 2024 Portland Regional History Bee and Bowl. The students competed against schools from around the country at...
St. Helens making it easier to attend temporary 13 Nights on the River venue
With the popular 13 Nights on the River event making a temporary move to McCormick Park this summer, the city of St. Helens is in the process of making improvements near the city’s largest park. The city says these parking and pedestrian pathway projects will be along Old Portland Road near the city’s St. Helens Recreation Center. Temporary parking stall striping will add about 151 parking spaces to the vacant...
Student stays busy perking up others
(ST. HELENS) — A senior at St. Helens High School, Matthew Boren serves his school in many ways, helping out in the kitchen, assisting with laundry, and, most importantly, helping lift the spirits of those around him. Boren is in the transition program at St. Helens High, which means he is working on life skills and work training until he turns 21. It’s challenging for Boren since he experiences a...
Freshman enjoys assisting seniors after school
(SCAPPOOSE) — After helping in the Scappoose High School cafeteria and participating in the school choir, you might think Joshua Normine would want to settle down and catch a YouTube video (or two) just to relax. But no. In his off time, you’ll likely find Normine, a 16-year-old junior, helping a senior citizen with a daily chore. At school, Normine has a keen interest in cooking and helps in the...
Poetry and pie: Raymond Carver Festival in Clatskanie will feature poet Kim Stafford as keynote speaker
Raymond Carver, Oregon native and one of America’s most influential short story writers, is honored this weekend in his hometown of Clatskanie with poetry readings, workshops, and pie. The Raymond Carver Writing Festival kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday, May 17, with readings by regional writers, followed by a...
Recognized: Rotary Student of the Month is Logan Johnston
The Columbia County Rotary Club and St. Helens High School are pleased to honor Logan Johnston as the May Rotary Student of the Month. Logan’s enthusiasm to learn and his personal drive toward mastering skills and knowledge ensure that he is always at the top of his class. This is evident by his 3.98 GPA and by earning his Honors Diploma. His teachers commented that it is such a pleasure to be able to assign a student a challenging task and know that they will...
Road closure ‘no reason’ not to visit Mount St. Helens on ‘erupt-iversary’
COWLITZ COUNTY, Wash. — Saturday, May 18 marks the 44th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. For the second year, visitors to Mount St. Helens won’t be able to drive to the closest observation center due to a road closure caused by a landslide in May of 2023.
Freshman enjoys assisting seniors after school
(SCAPPOOSE) — After helping in the Scappoose High School cafeteria and participating in the school choir, you might think Joshua Normine would want to settle down and catch a YouTube video (or two) just to relax. But no. In his off time, you’ll likely find Normine, a 16-year-old junior, helping a senior citizen with a daily chore. At school, Normine has a keen interest in cooking and helps in the...
Fresh Identity: Sea Lions Swim Team unveil new brand
Youth swimmers in Columbia County have a new look, as the county’s only year-round competitive swim club unveiled a new logo at Eisenschmidt Pool during the team’s annual Swim-a-thon fundraiser. The Columbia County Sea Lions Swim Team is almost 50 years old, and the team determined it was time to retire the decades-old logo and modernize the team’s identity to better represent today’s swimmers. The Sea Lions Swim Team is...
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