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Early results Wednesday still show Columbia County public safety levies failing
As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, the Columbia County jail levy and the St. Helens police levy are being rejected by voters. The vote, however, remains evenly split in the Columbia 911 emergency dispatch election. St. Helens police levy falls behind Votes Wednesday morning show the police levy being turned down by 42.9% to 57.1%. Oregon law allows for ballots postmarked on election day to be counted if received...
Oregon City man charged with taking explicit pictures of children at Salmon Creek daycare
CLARK COUNTY Wash. (KPTV) - An Oregon City man was arrested Thursday and charged with taking sexually explicit pictures of a child at a daycare center in the Salmon Creek area, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. According to deputies, they received a report of an adult inappropriately...
Newly opened food carts offer round-the-world cuisine in Scappoose
On-the-go international cuisine is now as close as Scappoose with the opening of The Lodge, a combination food pod and tap house adjacent to U.S. Highway 30. The ambitious project, partnered by Jeff Schultz, Nick Hurliman and Matt McHugh, is an 11-cart pod containing an inside tap house-eating area of approximately 2,200 square feet in size. In planning and developing the Scappoose complex, the three developers traveled outside Columbia County,...
Magruder continues to lead early Columbia County election results, but November runoff may be required
As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, Margaret Magruder is maintaining her lead for Columbia County Commission Position 1, gaining 48% of the vote to 39.6% for Alex Tardif and Brian Brust with 12%. For Position 3, Casey Garrett is unchallenged with 95.6% of the vote. Even with her lead, the top two candidates are likely to head to a runoff election in November, if neither receives 50% of the certified vote come June. ...
Lights, Camera, Action: Movie filming to cause sporadic road closures
Due to movie filming in the Riverfront District, South 1st Street will be closed May 22 through the morning of May 25 from approximately 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. each day. This closure is from the Plaza Square intersection to Cowlitz Street. Outdoor work includes actors portraying police, a bank robbery scene, and firearms. There will be no audible firearm noise during this time, according to the city. Movie filming in the St. Helens Riverfront District is currently taking place and will continue through June 7, 2024. Filming will take place during the day and at night. The Columbia County Chronicle & Chief have contacted production members of the film for details of the movie. It has been relayed that filming is for a "feature film," but no other details are available at this time. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.
OPINION: Columbia County’s industrial land, workforce training make area new hub for global manufacturing innovation
Columbia County, just north of Portland, has been at heart of the region’s manufacturing since the 19th century. Here they made cobblestones for Portland’s first city streets and U.S. Navy ships for the first world war. Now Columbia County is making a new future with a rising new workforce, trading yesteryear’s timber milling for advanced manufacturing with new metal alloys and computer-aided design. “Students are deciding as early as 4th...
Softball Recap: Skyview wins going away against Battle Ground
In what's become a running theme this season, Skyview gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. Everything went their way against the Battle Ground Tigers as the Skyview Storm made off with a 9-1 win. That's more bragging rights for Skyview, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Here are all the concerts and shows coming to Ilani casino for summer 2024
A lineup of rock and country artists, comedians and more will be coming to Ilani casino this summer. Ilani in Ridgefield, just north of Vancouver in southwest Washington, is the closest casino to Portland. Acts like Smokey Robinson, Clint Black, Donny Osmond and more will visit the casino resort this...
Recognized: CMHS receives Gold Council Award
Clatskanie High School has received the Gold Council Award, a recognition for having a high-achieving leadership program. Clatskanie High School was one of 21 high schools and five middle schools in the state that received recognition. The school was awarded the Gold Council Award at the OASC Spring Leadership Conference in April. The award, sponsored by the Oregon Association of Student Councils (OASC), sets high standards for student councils and...
Winner Winner: Scappoose student wins second place in statewide mayors contest
Catania Fenstermaker, a 6th grader at Otto Petersen School, won the second-place prize for her essay in the Oregon Mayors Association’s (OMA) “If I Were Mayor…” civic awareness contest. Each year, students statewide compete in three age groups using different media, describing what it would mean if they were the mayor of their city. Posters are designed by 4th and 5th-grade students; 6th through 8th-grade students write essays; and 9th through 12th-grade students produce a short video. ...
LBCC Baseball – Beaks Complete Comeback Victory vs. Spokane, Move Back to Winner’s Bracket
Six unanswered runs in the seventh and eighth innings helped Linn-Benton stay alive in the NWAC Championship Tournament Sunday afternoon. The Beaks defeated the Spokane Sasquatch with a final score of 8-6 to advance to the final day of the tournament at David Story Field in Longview, Washington. The Beaks...
No. 15 Scappoose softball gets rivalry revenge with 2-1 quarterfinals win over No. 7 St. Helens
With runners on second and third with two outs in the top of the fifth inning, No. 15 Scappoose High School softball junior Brooklyn Schmidt wasn’t going to be denied. After fouling off five pitches and drawing a full count, Schmidt took pitch No. 10 of her at bat against No. 7 St. Helens pitcher Ava Eib and blooped it into short centerfield. The ball was placed perfectly where Lions...
5 things to do at a casino ‘daycation’ at ilani
Sometimes, you want to go on a Las Vegas adventure, but you have a job and you can’t just fly to Las Vegas at the drop of a hat. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be a little impetuous. You can take off the day, or take a weekend day, and head to ilani, the Cowlitz casino in Ridgefield.
In One Ear: Astonishing
The Mount St. Helens volcano erupted 44 years ago, on May 18, 1980, blanketing a wide area, including Astoria, in a snow storm of ash. A 2013 story in the The Columbian of Vancouver, Washington, told of the discovery of a roll of film of aerial shots taken of the smoldering crater about five weeks before the eruption by one of the paper’s photographers, Reid Blackburn (pictured).
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