News across Greater Astoria

Tigers handle Loggers, Greyhounds
Following their 2-1 match loss to Myrtle Point on Sept. 19, the Clatskanie High School varsity girls volleyball team has pulled off a four-set victory over Gaston and a sweep of Knappa. With both matches taking place inside the Clatskanie gymnasium. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, the…

Mail mystery: Downtown businesses, city hall report spotty delivery, missing packages
Audrey Long has started sending postcards to herself just to see what makes it back. She slips each postcard into a United States Postal Service collection box only steps away from the coffee shop and ceramics studio she co-owns on Duane Street in downtown Astoria. She sent out…

Report details port’s understanding of ICE incident
New details have emerged about a June 7 incident at Port of Astoria property that involved federal immigration officers and triggered concerns about a possible violation of Oregon’s sanctuary law. On June 7, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained two people,…
High school sports roundup for Sept. 26 and 28, 2026
Saturday, Sept. 26 Cross Country Three Course Challenge (numerous schools including Meadowdale) Seaside, Oregon Click below to see results: www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/271813/results/all Meadowdale next meet: vs Archbishop Murphy, Jackson, Lynnwood and Stanwood; […]

Leaders say $14.5M in federal money will be released for Astoria hospital project
The federal government is releasing more than $14.5 million for a hospital expansion project in Astoria after the money sat in limbo for more than a year. On Monday, local leaders announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency was finally releasing funding awarded to Columbia…

Wind storm knocks down power for some on North Coast
A coastal storm knocked out power for over 1,000 residents on Oregon’s North Coast as winds hit Thursday night and continued through Friday morning. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for northwest Oregon and southwest Washington state Friday morning that, for…

Elections officials seek to educate voters after Supreme Court rejects mail ballot regulations
Elections officials on Oregon’s North Coast are trying something new. When the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions this week, it cleared the way for states like Oregon to proceed with midterm elections as usual. But that doesn’t mean the…

An Astoria printer layers paper and ink to tell stories of place
Native Hawaiian artist Miki’ala Souza’s collaged works evoke waterways, winds and migration.

Road work means delays downtown
Road work on Highway 30 in Astoria began a day earlier than previously announced today and will continue through Thursday Crews with the Oregon Department of Transportation are repairing sections of damaged pavement on the roadway between 16th and 33rd Streets on Highway 30/Leif…

Seaside man transferred from Washington detention center, family says
A longtime Seaside resident and business owner who was arrested by federal immigration officers last week appears to have been abruptly transferred from a detention facility in Washington state. Martin Anguiano, the 63-year-old owner of Guadalajara Taco Shop in Seaside, was being…

Two fatal crashes on separate highways Saturday
Investigators say a Tillamook man may have suffered a medical emergency before a fatal car crash on U.S. Hwy 101 Saturday morning. Ronald Gregory Smith, 76, of Tillamook was driving northbound on Hwy 101 when he used the right shoulder to pass an SUV driven by Ronald Francis…

‘They will still just take you like you don’t belong to anybody’: Family pushes for detained man’s release
This story has been updated to include new information about ICE’s presence in Clatsop County this summer. The family of a longtime Clatsop County resident and restaurant owner who was detained by federal immigration officers last week is pushing for his release. Immigration and…