Seaside News

Two men have been cited on accusations of reckless burning after a fire in a slash pile got out of control in Clatsop County.

Whether in Hillsboro, The Dalles , Tigard or Seaside , the same scene has played out this spring: disheartening school budget presentations predicting teacher layoffs, shortened school years, school closures and other educational amputations for the coming school year.

Whether it's a peaceful drive along a dramatic shoreline, a crazed shopping spree, oceanfront places to stay, or a brisk walk or hike along a captivating beach, there is a lot awaiting your mom on the Oregon coast.

The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad on the north coast starts up its regular runs at the end of May, which begins a whole summer of antique train rides between Garibaldi and Rockaway Beach, along with a few larger, special runs.

May brings more birding and nature events to the central Oregon coast, as the Yaquina Birders & Naturalists group of Newport plans another lecture and a field trip.

Oregon State Police said Thursday that 38-year-old Sterling Frinell was booked into the Clatsop County Jail on charges of manslaughter, assault and drunken driving.

Cannon Beach Elementary has been operating for more than six decades but it may close after this school year because of budget problems and the fact that it's also in a tsunami zone.

A flagger was seriously injured in a crash on Highway 101 five miles south of Warrenton Monday morning, Oregon State Police said.

The Cannon Beach Gazette reports that it costs $8,900 per child to educate Cannon Beach's 80 students.

People were calling it that anyway, including people who worked there. That's part of the reason the Salem Urban Renewal Agency recently gave Salem Conference Center the nod to change its name to Salem Convention Center.

A Queen Anne Victorian house built in 1892, it stands much the same as it did over 100 years ago, with a fireplace in the parlor, natural Douglas fir tongue and groove ceilings and period decor.

An Oregon astronomer says now is a great time to catch Saturn in the skies above Oregon and the Oregon coast, and its rings will be especially visible.

A 50-year-old Seaside, Ore., man has been sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms for killing his ex-wife and her male friend in May 2012.

She took an informative and private tour of one of OSU's many research facilities, the O.H. Wave Research Laboratory.

The Oregon State Police said the two men who died in a Friday evening car crash in Warrenton were Mark Wayne Agalzoff, 52, and Tryg Walker McCord, 20, both of Seaside.