Scappoose News

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.

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.

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.

Boora Architects designed the K-12 school that Vernonia School District hopes to build.

Killed in a 2008 crash with a log truck at Highway 30 and Bennett Road in Warren.

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.

Pieces of the pandemic - An instructional pamphlet, nasal applicator for the Flumist H1N1 live-culture vaccine and a pair of latex gloves are part of the health care providers arsenal for battling back the H1N1 flu bug.

The Columbia Health District's bid to bring a hospital to South Columbia County hit a serious block on Oct.

Scappoose Police Officer Shaun Barrett pleaded not guilty to criminal trespass and harassment charges in Polk County Circuit Court on Oct.

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.

Property owners, be on the lookout for your 2009-2010 property tax statements, which will soon be in the mail.

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.

Mark Altstetter with his dog, Jake, on a sunny afternoon on the deck at Mark's on the Channel in Scappoose.

You may have seen us on the highway with our signs asking for a raise, or "Honk if you support education." You may have asked, "Who are they?" I'd like to tell you who we are.

A fatal crash closed U.S. 101 south of Cannon Beach Wednesday afternoon, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Bainbridge Island YAHOO! By Kitsap Sun staff Wednesday, October 7, 2009 St. Helens, Ore.

A small plane crashed northwest of St. Helens today, injuring one man, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office reported.

A Seattle man was killed Wednesday when he lost control of his Harley-Davidson Wednesday on U.S. 101 near Cannon Beach and slid under a pickup, authorities said.

A month ago, a group of strangers in Scappoose sat down for a cup of tea. By the time the tea had started to cool and the strangers had drunk their fill, they had bonded together on a common mission - to raise money to help children in war-torn parts of Asia study and learn.