Deer Island News

Ed Rabinowe is an avid fisherman and president of the local chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association, which advocates for maintaining wild fish stocks.

A shop in Deer Island was destroyed Saturday after it was fully engulfed in flames.

When the Columbia River People's Utility District battled its way into existence 25 years ago, it had to contend with allegations that as a special district, it wouldn't pull its share.

Bill Kernion of Scappoose hands over some dough for his order of halibut fish 'n chips.

Deer Island residents don't want a private operator to run their ferry service, protesters said Wednesday.

Retired school teacher and businesswoman Helen Marguerite Colwell died Aug. 13 on Deer Island where she lived since 1974.

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's wastewater treatment facility on Boston Harbor is installing two large-scale wind turbines.

Pitfalls in the economy and the high price of star power have scuttled concert plans for Columbia Meadows this summer, said concert promoter Lowell MacGregor.

Rick Doucet could tell you how a fisherman feels caught on a bad tide between, say, Pendleton Island and Butlers Point.