North Plains News Archives

Region 2 : Severe storms coming through tonight in western areas and tomorrow in eastern areas.

Emergency crews had to use ropes to rescue an injured Washington motorcyclist after he plunged about 25 feet down an embankment in eastern Oregon and landed near a river.

Jessica Leigh Elder, an outgoing, energetic St. Helens High School student, died Thursday after a motorcycle she was riding on crashed into a pick-up truck in North Plains.

Two people were killed when the motorcycle they were on crashed near North Plains Thursday.

Fourteen Washington County libraries will have wireless, high-speed Internet access by early fall, if installation plans stay on schedule.

Thirty-two firefighters from four agencies worked to bring a shed fire near the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course under control Thursday night, authorities said.

J.B. Thomas Middle School is scheduled to be torn down this year, 80 years after it opened at 645 N.E. Lincoln St.