Rainier News

Headed to the beach this morning? Watch out for work on the Lewis and Clark Bridge between Longview and Rainier, Ore.

A five-year-old boy drowned Saturday in the Columbia River at Dibblie Beach in Rainier.

A 5-year-old Kirkland boy drowned Saturday after falling into the Columbia River near Rainier, Ore., authorities said.

Priscilla Diane Leslie was born on July 4 at Sutter Coast Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs.

A pontoon plane trying to land on the Columbia River crashed and flipped over Friday evening.

Ed Freeman of Sierra Pacific Communities, LLC goes over his company's plans for development around the Scappoose Airport Wednesday during a meeting with the directors of nine state agencies.

With Honolulu's main landfill expected to close in 2009, Hawaii's largest city is looking to send its trash to the Pacific Northwest.

Efforts to restore a former Navy ship that bears the name of Washtenaw County appear to have run aground because of money shortages and thieves.

“You have big concerns when parents can't get anybody to answer a phone at an elementary school. Then we have lots of parents coming in, because they want to know why we're not answering the phones.”

Columbia County's Rainier School District spent a day in virtual isolation after suspected metal thieves ripped out 200 yards of telephone and computer lines. via KEX-AM Portland

    BREAKING THROUGH THE BANNER celebrating clean energy and good jobs for Oregon, a locomotive "cut the ribbon" as it approached the new Cascade Grain ethanol plant at the Port Westward Energy Park north of Clatskanie Monday, as scores of Columbia County public officials looked on. City councils from throughout the county, as well as state economic development officials, and Columbia County Commissioners Tony Hyde and Rita Bernhard rode the train Monday along with officers of the Portland & Western Railroad, and its parent company, Genesee & Wyoming. Read more

A body recovered from a creek in southwest Washington has been identified through dental records. via KGW-TV Portland

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An attempted murder suspect has been arrested following a manhunt in northwest Oregon.

The authorities sought Patrick Allen McMillan on a warrant in Columbia County and a parole violation from the Oregon State Parole Board.

The Oregon State Police says the 41-year-old crashed a car west of Rainier early Saturday and was on foot when a Rainier police officer spotted him and made the arrest.

Local, county and state authorities had been searching for McMillan since Friday morning, when he evaded an officer by running into the brush near his Clatskanie home. Read more

Felcon captured near Rainier after manhunt Categories: Breaking News A wanted felon who eluded officers near Clatskanie on Friday was captured Saturday morning near Rainier. via The Oregonian

RAINIER - The Oregon teacher licensing agency has revoked the license of a teacher who it says propositioned two colleagues, discussed sex with a student and took two students along while she got a tattoo. via Statesman Journal

A Rainier teacher's assistant faced a judge Monday on drug and sex abuse charges. via KXL-AM Portland

Local farmers not happy about possibility of LNG pipeline running under their land An organic farmer from Forest Grove gave a tour of her property to a representative from the governor's office and other ... via KATU-TV Portland

A 23-year-old Rainier man, Gabe Triplett, missing for 12 days has been seen alive twice in the Longview-Kelso area but has yet to come home. via KATU-TV Portland

Family members are asking for help in locating a man missing for more than a week from a small town along Highway 30 in Oregon. via KATU-TV Portland

“We are very much for accountability but need to fund it”

Signature gathering in the Rainier School Board recall effort is going "very, very good" and should be completed well before the state deadline, organizer Russ Crawford said recently. via Daily News