Vernonia News

A 21-year-old Vernonia man shot himself in the head Friday, authorities said. Kolton Owen Graham's body was found in a car on Washington Street near B Street around 11:30 p.m. Vernonia Police Officer Michael ...

Columbia County District Attorney R. Stephen Atchison says a self-inflicted gunshot wound killed a Vernonia man who was in a car being stopped by police.

The investigation into the death of an adult male that occurred Friday night, July 18th, around 11:30 PM in Vernonia, is continuing.

An investigation is under way into a person who died in the Vernonia area late Friday or early today, Oregon State Police said.

If you're going to build in Columbia County, you'll have to make sure your building is at least a foot above flood level.

Recreation managers see signs that people looking to get outside are not driving as far, favoring places closer to home such as the gorge, Mount Hood and state parks designed to serve the urban crowd, like the ...

The Portland Wheelmen Touring Club has unveiled their schedule of family-friendly rides.

June Van Dolaholiver, left, and 10-year-old Hailley Barlow work the fireworks stand near McDonald's in Scappoose.

The heavy snow advisory continues along the Oregon coast range, with even parts of the coastline experiencing a small amount of snow.

A U.S. House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee has approved $200,000 to help Vernonia schools damaged by the December floods.

"Keep up the good work." Essentially, that was Gov. Ted Kulongoski's message when the state provided the Amateur Radio Emergency Service organization with a special allocation of $250,000 earlier this year.

Newly positioned at the helm of Cannon Beach government, Jay Raskin plans to follow the course the city council charted earlier this year.

Micah Elsey made up a diagram to make his case when challenging a traffic ticket he got in North Plains but his challenge was not successful.

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.

A high wind warning is now in effect for the Oregon coast and the coast range, promising sustained winds around 40 mph and gusts as high as 70 on the beaches and headlands.

Floodwaters circled the homes of Michael Calhoun and Lia Sebring in 1996, their kindergarten year, and again in 2007, their senior year.

Posted by Roger Gregory, The Oregonian June 05, 2008 10:58AM Categories: Washington County Downtown Vernonia will mark its recovery from last December's flood this Friday with a First Friday Celebration from 4 ...

Heidi Rice's home on Elm Street in Vernonia has flooded twice. In 1996, she lost a recipe box that had belonged to her grandmother.

FORUMS MULTIMEDIA VIDEO Moments of remembrance in Portland, Vernonia Flags. White crosses.

A public open house will be held by Washington County on Wednesday to offer information on the Bank and Sellers roads realignment project.