Public Safety
The Sheriff’s Office, police, fire, emergency services, courts, and public safety issues.
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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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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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Warren man pleads not guilty to 11 counts; trial set for Dec. 15
Andrew James Hanson, 24, pleaded not guilty Thursday to burglary, criminal mischief, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, coercion, assault and more; his release was revoked and security…
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Logger airlifted after equipment rolls down hill near Vernonia
Vernonia Rural Fire and Metro West Ambulance crews carried the injured logger 300 yards to an ambulance Oct. 14 before a Life Flight helicopter took the worker to a trauma…
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State police release details on fatal Highway 30 crash near Scappoose
Rachel Ann Mitchell died at the scene Monday evening after a westbound Subaru crossed into her lane near milepost 18, Oregon State Police said. The Subaru’s driver, a Columbia City…
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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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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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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.