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How 71-year-old Mark Homer Gift went from having an argument with his ...
What started out as a heated scrap between Mark Gift and his son-in-law escalated into a story of bad blood involving the Oregon State Police, the use of a Taser in an attempt to bring Gift down and, finally, a grand jury indictment for attempted murder.
Bar association suspends former district attorney from Scappoose
A Scappoose attorney was suspended from practicing law after the Oregon State Bar found he had misrepresented information to the Oregon Department of Human Services while working as a senior deputy district attorney in Washington County.
Widow of Frank Means weighs options following grand jury vote
The widow of a northeast Portland man who was shot to death by members of a Scappoose-area family said she is considering legal action against the family and Wheeler County officials who spearheaded the shooting investigation.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements
The project consists of improvements to the Scappoose wastewater treatment plant and includes the replacement of the headworks comminutor with a vertical fine screen.
Starting from the ground and building up
Whitaker/Ellis Builders Inc. crew members use Campbell Crane equipment to place one of 68 tilt-up panels for the new Petersen Elementary School in Scappoose.
Sex ed back on Scappoose front burners
Last month, the Scappoose School Board voted 4 to 2 to approve supplementary materials for teaching human sexuality to seventh and eighth graders.
Homicide case goes to Wheeler County grand jury
A Wheeler County homicide case involving a Scappoose family is expected to go to grand jury later this week, said an Oregon State Police captain who is investigating the case.
Flu clinic provides 700 doses of the H1N1 vaccine
St. Helens' Jen Johnston and her 4-year-old son, Logan, join Scappoose's Kellia Meharry and her son, Quinn, 2, in a less congested patch of grass at the Columbia Health District office on Gable Road last Friday as others held their place in line.
These boots are made for walking
If I were a rich man, I would have my shoes custom-made. Comfortable feet are like water in the well: you don't miss the water until the well runs dry.
Teen cited after crashing into patrol car
A St. Helens police officer and his K-9 were not injured Tuesday evening when their patrol car was rear-ended by a vehicle at the scene of a non-injury crash on Highway 30 west of St.
Taking voters to school in Vernonia
Boora Architects designed the K-12 school that Vernonia School District hopes to build.
Mother seeks damages, change from deadly crash
Killed in a 2008 crash with a log truck at Highway 30 and Bennett Road in Warren.
Ore. hunter killed in fight with Scappoose family
The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office says the Oct. 7 shooting death of a 61-year-old Portland hunter came during an altercation with a Scappoose family.
Columbia County so far has reported a mixed bag of flu occurrences,...
DHS says 'no' to Columbia River Community Hospital
The Columbia Health District's bid to bring a hospital to South Columbia County hit a serious block on Oct.
Chief opens formal internal affairs investigation into officera s actions at Spirit Mountain Casino
Scappoose Police Officer Shaun Barrett pleaded not guilty to criminal trespass and harassment charges in Polk County Circuit Court on Oct.
School budget planners brace for the worst
Two looming tax referendums that could suck millions out of anticipated school funding and fast-sinking state reserves has Scappoose Superintendent Paul Peterson thinking hard about ways to trim his already lean budget.
Miss Oregon CC Barber told old war stories at Scappoose Middle School, Petersen Elementary and Scappoose High School last week.
Tax bills on the rise for Columbia County property owners
Property owners, be on the lookout for your 2009-2010 property tax statements, which will soon be in the mail.
Bainbridge pilot hospitalized after Oregon crash
The pilot of an experimental single-engine plane was Kenneth Turpen, a Bainbridge Island resident and pilot for United Air Lines out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, crashed mid-morning on his way to Scappoose, Ore.