The Columbia County Board of Commissioners has approved the $1.5 million purchase of the John Gumm School building, at 251 St. Helens Street, in St. Helens.
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Qualifying SNAP households will see a change to their benefit amount for emergency allotments (EA) this month.
Morning showers cleared as the sun and blue sky appeared overhead for a community celebration of Rainier's 100-year-old city hall.
One person had to be cut out of a vehicle following a single vehicle rollover crash along Meissner Road in rural Columbia County.
Editor's Note: The Chronicle first shared details about St. Helens Police Officer Adam Hartless receiving the department's Life Saving Award on April 2.
"Whoever did this shows a lack of respect," Bayview Cemetery Board member Barbara Thompson said after she learned that the historic grave yard in Warren was vandalized.
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The St. Helens City Council is moving forward with plans to build a public safety facility to replace the city's aging police station.
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Investigators are carefully looking at what appears to be space debris from a rocket that has washed ashore in Lincoln County.
Stepping back in time, might give six local children insight into the future. At least that’s the hope of Rebecca Taylor, organizer of Columbia City’s historic Caples House Museum and Oregon Honorary State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
In two weeks, Columbia County businesses and residents may face new stricter health and safety restrictions under the state's pandemic precautions classifications.Â
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Oregon Legislators are moving ahead with bills to increase police accountability.
If you have never had a vegetable garden or your experience vegetable gardening was a long time ago, you may be unsure about how to start and which vegetables to try.
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has identified 168 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases—when vaccinated individuals test positive for the virus — through April 2, including three deaths.
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The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Weekly Report, released today, shows increased daily cases and increases in hospitalizations and deaths from the previous week.
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The St. Helens City Council is scheduled today to receive a presentation during its work session updating the development of a public safety facility that would replace the city's aging police station.
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Reports of counterfeit money circulating in the south Oregon coastal community of Bandon, come with a twist.
The Oregon House Republicans have issued their recommendations about how to spend Oregon’s portion of the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act funds.
Governor Kate Brown today announced that all Oregonians over the age of 16 will be eligible to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine on April 19.Â
Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization (CPCCO) has announced a partnership with Oregon Health & Science University’s primary care clinic in Scappoose and Columbia County Public Health to expand access to COVID-19 vaccinations in the region.
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The City of St. Helens will host an in-person community meeting Tuesday, April 6, to review the proposal to build a new public safety facility building.
Two people face multiple charges following their arrest in a Columbia County forgery investigation.
The annual St. Helens mEGGa Egg Hunt may not have included the normal facets of a traditional egg hunt, due to COVID-19 concerns, but Columbia County families still showed up in almost full force.
A local group is voicing opposition to expand a mining operation that the group claims will erode the livability of the area and threatened a preserved natural area.
The Scappoose Rural Fire Protection District completed its Easter egg hunt adventure in a partnership with local businesses.
On Saturday, April 3, the CRFR recruit academy assemble at the Lee Broadbent Training Center in St. Helens to conduct a live fire training event.
St. Helens and Scappoose football, volleyball and soccer are through the COVID-impacted Season 2 looking glass, but cross country is in the home stretch before the Northwest Oregon Conference District Meet.
It wasn't the same Easter Egg Hunt we've seen in the past at the Columbia County Fairgrounds.
