As the results of the 2026 midterm elections continue to come in it appears Ballot Measure 4-247 has failed. As of Thursday, with 4,808 votes counted, 2,918 were “nos.” The measure, first proposed by ...

Voters decisively shot down a measure that would have required the city of Cannon Beach to manage dunes within city limits, including on private property, at the city’s expense. As of Friday morning, ...

I’m a fan of post offices. Sharp-edged gray granite steps, a never-seen but darkly imagined fallout shelter in the basement, and Dad’s enormous “Box W” postal drawer all figure prominently in ...

John Hansen, mentioned in the jail story, was the last person to be publicly executed in Astoria. At the coroner’s inquest, John Hansen said he got up at 3 p.m. that day, and when he couldn’t find her ...

Jesus Daniel Walter Sass, 28, of Astoria was arraigned Wednesday on charges of attempt to commit a class C or unclassified felony, resisting arrest, assault in the fourth degree, disorderly conduct in ...

According to a report released Tuesday, Andrew S. Hutchman, 43, was shot by police during an alleged domestic violence dispute at the Thousand Trails Campground in Seaside on Sept.6. In the report, ...

Four local Oregon agencies will receive $4 million each to advance street safety projects, members of Oregon’s congressional delegation announced Friday. The funding, which comes from the U.S.

Voters can still drop off their ballots at ballot boxes across Clatsop County up until 8 p.m. on Election Day. Astoria: Astoria Elections Office, 820 Exchange St., Astoria. Warrenton: City Hall, 225 S ...

Shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend marks fourth mass shooting in Oregon since the start of 2026. Oregon ranks as 12th in the nation for its gun safety laws, according to gun control ...

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” — Martin Luther King Jr., from “Strength in Love,” 1963. After 66 years as an Oregonian, I have witnessed ...

You have probably noticed a new byline in the pages of The Astorian. Fox Perez, our newest reporter, started on the last day in August and has been blazing a trail ever since, writing titillating ...