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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...
Rainier girls claim league crown, track program notches 10 individual titles
The Rainier High School girls track and field team proved it was the top dog in the Central 2B League with a dominant performance en route to the league title on Friday, May 10, at Kalama High ...
Q&A: Commission candidate Casey Garrett
In last week’s edition, the Chronicle & Chief heard from the three candidates vying for Position 1 of the Columbia County Board of Commissioners. This week, we will hear from incumbent Casey Garrett, who currently holds Position 3 on the commission and is running unopposed in the upcoming 2024 Oregon Primary Election on May 21. The following is an interview with Commissioner Garrett about his motivation to run and some of the issues he hopes to address if reelected. ...
IN FOCUS: Rainier track athletes celebrate school records by breaking vinyl records
Rainier High School track and field athletes Acacia Murphy and Ella Marvin set school records en route to winning Central 2B League titles on Friday, May 10 at Kalama High School. To celebrate, their
This Summer: Poetry reading and broadside launch with poet Kathleen Flenniken
The C.C. Stern Type Foundry is hosting a poetry reading and broadside launch at the Clatskanie Cultural Center on June 22, from 4 - 5:30 p.m. The launch event is for a new letterpress broadside featuring the poem “Where Are You Going” by Kathleen Flenniken. The event will feature a poetry reading by Flenniken and a discussion of the broadside creation with letterpress printer Laura Bentley of Pinwheel Press. The...
Diamond Dynamos: Washington & Columbia County baseball/softball standouts (May 6-10)
Below is a list of the standout performances on the Washington and Columbia County high school baseball and softball diamonds this past week: Baseball Mickey McKlaskey of Jesuit allowed no earned runs and just two hits, while striking out seven in a win over Beaverton.Jayden Nakamura of Aloha went 5-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs-scored in a win over Southridge.Conner Weiss and Sawyer Scales of St. Helens...
Fleeing driver in Cowlitz County crash that killed three people was wanted by police
The driver killed last week after reportedly fleeing from Cowlitz County deputies had a warrant out for her arrest. Jamesha S. Berryman, 31, of Longview, and her two passengers were killed, according to a Washington State Patrol press release, when she hit a tuck head on around 8:35 p.m. April 30 near the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Columbia Street in Kelso. (Previously Kelso police said the crash occurred at the intersection of South Pacific Avenue and Yew Street.)
Prosecutors seek indictment before man linked to deaths of multiple women released from prison
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County grand jury is expected to hear testimony next week surrounding the murder of Joanna Speaks, one of at least five women who went missing and turned up dead across the Portland area last year. Detectives believe Speaks, 32, was killed in Portland, although...
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