The trail might look inviting: damp forest, thick ferns and cool shade, the kind of trail that draws hikers to the Oregon Coast every spring and summer. But trails like that are also inviting to … ...

The Trump administration is backing off from its plans to remove a decade-old ocean monitoring system Oregonians rely on for fishing, recreation, science and emergency services. The National Science ...

A defendant’s right to an attorney is a fundamental right. But it’s a fundamental right Oregon has not been able to meet for defendants who can’t afford to pay for an attorney themselves. The Oregon ...

Whatever you get your dad for Father’s Day, whether it’s a T-shirt or a coffee mug with “Best Dad Ever,” a picnic and outing with the fam, or the proverbial tie, you know he’ll love it. But this year, ...

On March 19, Clatsop Community College instructor John Goodenberger informed his students that school administrators decided to suspend the Historic Preservation & Restoration program. During Thursday ...

Lawmakers established Quality Education Commission in 1999 to set funding needs for public schools, but some lawmakers argue its model is outdated and flawed Oregon lawmakers upset about persistently ...

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife was notified Thursday that the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is terminating its share of funding for the Select Area Fisheries ...

Matt Jane’s letter of June 12, “Taxpayers are not getting our money’s worth solving everyday problems,” demonstrates that Mr. Janes hasn’t read up on why scotch broom is such a problem, and how scotch ...

Strangely enough, some weather predictions rooted in folklore are actually science-based, according to the Farmers’ Almanac. Yes, frogs croak more when it’s about to rain, because higher humidity ...

The 103-foot steel-hulled sailing ship Hawaiian Chieftain once made quite a show when it had booming cannon-fire sea battles with the Lady Washington on the Columbia River. But that was when both ...

The 49th annual Scandinavian Midsummer Festival got underway Friday with polka dances, sausage with kraut, and many other traditional customs at the Clatsop County Fair and Expo Center. To kick off ...

Nuggets from The Daily Astorian, June 18, 1882: • Alleged shad are caught daily in the Columbia. They look like shad, smell like shad, taste like shad and probably are shad. They are fine-flavored, ...