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It's been a busy year for former Nirvana bassist turned politico Krist Novoselic .

Summer is always a great time in Astoria. You can go for a swim , do some yoga , or just sit in a cafe drinking a cold frappe in one of the Greek cafes on 30th Ave.

A body recovered from the Columbia River Monday has been identified as 19-year-old William Small, the Clark County Medical Examiner's Office reported.

The former director of the Port of Astoria has been sentenced to pay a $5,000 fine and spend a year on probation for a Clean Water Act violation stemming from the 2005 dredging season.

Authorities say a young motorist repeatedly sped through shore birds at Ocean Park, killing dozens of them.

Now they're down to two. The Selah School District interviewed their final two candidates for their interim superintendent position.

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the body of a man found early Wednesday evening at Clatsop Beach, about five miles north Seaside.

The 285 Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook county residents who were told they would lose housing assistance could be safe from eviction for at least one more month, if the Northwest Oregon Housing Authority board votes tomorrow to use reserve funds to pay residents' July rent.

Go fly a kite in front of Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach. Enter the "Send Terry on the road'' contest, for a chance to win a weekend getaway to central Oregon, by posting a comment with an Oregon travel tip on this Web site.

But Akin said he had no idea his BMW 535xi was going 76 mph in a 55 mph zone because of its handling characteristics.

The World, which is visiting Portland for three days, is tied up at the harbor wall in downtown Portland along Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

On Thursday evening, Lift Hair Studio is holding a charity event from 6-9 p.m. Bring in your gently used blow dryers, flatirons, and curling irons and they will donate them to a women's shelter through Seeds of Love .

A state licensing agency has revoked the teaching license of a former rural school administrator accused of mistreating his adopted teenage daughter.

Spiderman has nothing on these guys. Superheroes? Not really. But eight engineers from Ohio, specially trained in rock-climbing techniques, came to Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River to do a bolt-by-bolt, rivet-by-rivet inspection of the part of 5.5-mile Astoria Megler Bridge linking Oregon and Washington that spans the shipping channel.

The Coast Guard is searching for a man at Tongue Point near Astoria, Ore. Sunday. The man and another boater were operating a pleasure craft when they struck a submerged object causing the boat to flip.

ASTORIA - An Astoria man who shot a fellow camper has pleaded no contest to an assault charge.

Nearly $600,000 from a federal grant will help pay back money spent for the professional training of workers who lost their jobs during the mass layoff of Boise Inc.

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