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240 jobs promised, $3.6 million unpaid: NEXT’s land goes to auction Nov. 20
NEXT Renewable Fuels owes $3.6 million on 25 acres near Port Westward and has not paid since March 2024, county records show. The land goes to auction Nov. 20. Its…
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Three stabbed near Goble; tavern crew kept two alive until help came
Three people were stabbed near a Nicolai Road rock pit Saturday night. A bartender with military training and customers who work in medicine treated two of them until ambulances arrived.…
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Feel that? A magnitude 3.0 quake hit near Columbia City this morning
The 7:25 a.m. earthquake was centered about 2 miles west of Columbia City, 15 miles underground. More than 100 people reported feeling it. No damage was reported.
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Rainier councilor resigns over military claims and apologizes to community
Mike Kreger resigned from the Rainier City Council Thursday evening, hours after admitting in a written statement that he had claimed military honors he cannot substantiate. He is still one…
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Who’s on the ballot in Columbia County? The full Nov. 3 list
Every candidate on Columbia County’s Nov. 3 ballot, from governor to the McNulty Water PUD, with what each told voters in the official pamphlets, plus the four local measures and…
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From a mushroom farm to a coin exchange: 67 new Columbia County businesses
Sixty-seven businesses registered Columbia County addresses with the state in September, up from 48 a year earlier, led by Scappoose with 21 and St. Helens with 14. Here’s the full…
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Want a piece of Columbia County? The sheriff is selling 31 properties Nov. 17
Columbia County will sell 31 county-owned properties at a sheriff’s auction Nov. 17 in St. Helens, from mineral rights to a former Clatskanie farm, with minimum bids set at what…
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What Clatskanie’s new school support staff contract pays, job by job
The school board approved the OSEA Chapter 53 agreement in an eight-minute Zoom meeting Sept. 30. It runs through June 2028 with 3 percent raises each year, a ninth pay…
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Seven months later, St. Helens library reopens on Thursdays
The library has been closed Thursdays since April and Wednesdays from July to September after furloughs and staff departures. Three new part-time hires let it reopen Thursdays from 2 to…
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Halloween in Columbia County: What’s free, what’s open, and when
Halloween falls on a dry Saturday. Here is the final weekend of Halloweentown, the free Kiwanis fair, the Houlton trick-or-treat trail, Scappoose downtown candy, the Vernonia parade, and the last…
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St. Helens police log 12 DUII arrests during fall safety campaigns
Officers also issued 89 citations and 139 warnings in August and September. Grant-funded overtime patrols tied directly to the two campaigns accounted for four of the arrests.
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Friday night wins for both: Scappoose and St. Helens scoreboard, Oct. 12 to 19
Scappoose football beat Banks to clinch at least a share of its third straight Cowapa League title, St. Helens football won its fourth in a row, and the Scappoose soccer…