Columbia City News

IS IT GETTING HOT IN HERE? - Chris Singelstad, owner of the newly opened tanning salon The Hot Spot, enjoys the grand opening of his new business with his employees: Jan Landreth, Bridgette Schneider, Christine Smith and Melissa Kubitz .

Both Vernonia and Columbia City were awarded $94,000 from the Oregon Department of Transportation's Small Cities Economic Stimulus Program.

Residents of St. Helens are being advised to boil drinking water before using it following a break in a major water mainline Monday evening.

How did Kimberly Gobert die? That is the question her family wants answered. Gobert, 35, grew up in Two Medicine but spent the last years of her life in Seattle.

Columbia River Fire & Rescue responded to an extensive field fire on Sunday, April 19, on McDermott Road in Deer Island.

An offer to help went awry for two St. Helens men this week. On Sunday, April 12, Dave Brenden, 46, and his friend Daniel McMillen, both of St.

Armed with stickers and a sense of urgency, public servants from across Columbia County gathered Monday morning to make their master list of stimulus-worthy projects.

Columbia County sheriff's deputies responded to a burglary alarm on Tuesday morning in the Yankton area, at the home of Sandra K. Poslick, 65, at 33170 Dan Cupp Rd.

Times are tough out there, no doubt. And we at the South County Spotlight are sensitive to the difficult challenges facing our local business community as it weathers the current economic storm.

ST. HELENS, Ore. -- The search was on Monday for a shooting suspect near St. Helens. Columbia County sheriffs, St.

By TJ HEMLINGER Staff writer The Columbia City Council voted Tuesday night to create an economic revitalization area for Steel Tank and Fabricating Corp.