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Where to catch the Scappoose Indians for the week of Oct. 26 to 31
Scappoose volleyball opens the 4A state playoffs at home on Saturday, and the girls cross country team defends its Cowapa League title in Warren on Thursday.
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Four days, four Lions events: St. Helens schedule for Oct. 27 to 30
St. Helens High teams host and travel this week, with boys and girls soccer facing Hood River Valley on Tuesday and the football team closing the week at Parkrose.
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Fewer Columbia County residents out of work as unemployment rate hits 5.6%
Columbia County’s unemployment rate fell to 5.6% in September from 6.3% a year earlier, even as the county’s seasonally adjusted job count dipped by 130.
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Got a brush pile? St. Helens burn window opens Oct. 24
Rural Columbia County has been burning since Oct. 14, but city residents need a free permit and a 16-day window that runs through Nov. 8.
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Where do our property taxes go in Columbia County?
Columbia County will collect $107,322,331.38 in property taxes this year, with 46.94% going to education and about 9.54% staying in the county’s general fund, the county said in a news…
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St. Helens High sports schedule, Oct. 20 to 23
St. Helens High School teams play soccer, volleyball, cross country and football from Tuesday, Oct. 20, through Friday, Oct. 23, when the football team plays at Milwaukie High School.
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County wants visitors to pay 13 percent on hotel stays. Measure 5-314, explained.
Measure 5-314 would add 13 percent to short stays in unincorporated Columbia County and 4 percent in cities that already tax lodging, raising an estimated $150,000 to $300,000 a year.…
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Clatskanie’s park runs on a 1960 tax rate. Measure 5-315 would add a dime.
Measure 5-315 would add 10 cents per $1,000 of assessed value for five years, about $40 a year on a $400,000 home, so the Clatskanie park district can staff the…
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St. Helens extends transportation plan survey to Nov. 13
St. Helens has opened an anonymous survey and an interactive comment map, open through Oct. 30, to gather community input on the update of its Transportation System Plan.
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Columbia County commissioners to hold Nov. 4 hearing on Scappoose urban growth boundary expansion
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Nov. 4 on a proposal to add 64 acres to the Scappoose urban growth boundary and establish 480 acres…
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Nehalem fall Chinook fishing is decent; wild coho season in Nehalem Bay runs through Oct. 28
Fall Chinook fishing in the Nehalem has remained fair to good with fish caught daily, and the wild coho season in Nehalem Bay runs through Oct. 28, according to ODFW’s…
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St. Helens High sports schedule for the week of Oct. 11 – Go Lions!
St. Helens High School’s boys varsity football team hosts McKay High School at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, capping a week of soccer, volleyball and cross country events.