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Buck season ends Nov. 6; coast bull elk rifle seasons open Nov. 14 and Nov. 21
Western Oregon rifle deer season closes next Friday. The two general coast elk seasons follow, with tag deadlines the day before each opens.
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Columbia Chorale of Oregon is the county’s only group on the state arts commission’s grant list
The Warren-based choir received $1,000 from the Oregon Arts Commission, one of 317 awards statewide. Clatsop County groups took home 10 of the North Coast region’s 11 grants.
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Crooked Creek Brewery adds a full kitchen to its St. Helens riverfront taproom
The Warren-brewed beer now comes with a from-scratch menu by a chef who came from Deschutes Brewery, according to the brewery.
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Free national poetry contest open to county students through Nov. 15
Middle and high school students can enter one poem, no fee, for cash prizes and publication. Entries go through Submittable by Nov. 15.
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Razor clams are closed on the whole coast and the crab season test starts next week
Domoic acid has shut razor clamming from Washington to California. Mussels, bay clams, and bay crabbing are open. Commercial Dungeness testing the week of Nov. 3 will decide whether the…
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Rainier’s $12.3 million Highway 30 repaving has no posted November schedule for bridge ramp closures
ODOT warned in September of overnight closures at the Lewis and Clark Bridge ramps during the Wonderly Road to Rockcrest Street project. Its last update was Sept. 11.
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Mussels, cuttings, and a tree planting: Scappoose Bay Watershed Council’s November lineup
A Zoom forum on Oregon’s native freshwater mussels, two work parties, a free native plant propagation class, and a tree planting on Scappoose Creek near Veterans Park.
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Vernonia after-school program paused, staff member fired after Oct. 28 incident
The superintendent says the person involved is barred from district property and counselors are available. Parents told KATU children were told to tape their mouths shut. The free program runs…
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Columbia Business Alliance contracts head to Rainier and Clatskanie councils this week
Rainier and Clatskanie vote this week on $4,000 and $3,000 contracts with the Columbia Business Alliance, a Scappoose city program that inherited CET’s work. The county was asked for $75,000,…
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Vernonia weighs charging up to $48,385 in fees on each new house
A consultant’s draft puts Vernonia’s maximum system development charges at the top of its peer cities. The council holds a hearing Dec. 10. Also: new 5 percent gas and 7…
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Rainier eyes $4.5 million loan, half forgivable, for sewer plant design
Half the loan is forgiven if the city finishes a $12.7 million project it must build under a DEQ enforcement order. Also Tuesday: filling the seat Mike Kreger left, paying…
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DEQ fines Clatskanie $10,400 over sewer plant discharges, and its contractor $13,200
The state penalized the city for 2024 permit violations at its 1977 treatment plant and the builder of its $33 million replacement for muddy runoff into the Clatskanie River. Both…