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Free Masks Available At Event This Week Details Published: 22 February 2021 Clatsop County and local partners are again organizing the distribution of free face masks to the public. Masks will be handed out at no cost at multiple locations around the county on Thursday, Feb. 25 between 2 and 4 p.m. This event is coordinated by the Clatsop County Emergency Management office. The KN95 adult face coverings are courtesy of the State of Oregon, which has made them avail...

Coast Guard Rescues 3 On Crab Opener Details Published: 18 February 2021 The Coast Guard rescued three people and one dog from a commercial fishing vessel taking on water Saturday morning off Willapa Bay.  Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a distress call at approximately 7:30 a.m. The vessel Terry F reported a loss of power and was taking on water four miles offshore. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Sector Columbia River diverted f...

KAST 1370 AM, serving Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside, Oregon

KAST 1370 AM, serving Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside, Oregon

Columbia Memorial Adds New Providers Details Published: 19 January 2021 CMH is pleased to welcome two new, board-certified providers – Kelly Cerutti, FNP, joining Warrenton Primary Care, and Michelle Powell, CRNP, joining the three Urgent Care Clinics. Both providers started working at CMH in early January. Kelly Cerutti, FNP Board-certified family nurse practitioner Kelly Cerutti is a new primary care provider at the CMH Warrenton Primary Care Clinic. She worke...

A thin green line with global impact. Latest in a series on creating a zero-carbon bioregion. Robert McClure, executive director of InvestigateWest, is a veteran newspaper reporter, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism. SHARES Familiar mood, different Vancouver. Protesters block an oil-carrying train in Vancouver, Wash. in 2016 — part of a two-decade movement spanning Alaska to Californ...

Seaside Man Dies In Highway 26 Accident Monday Details Published: 12 January 2021 A 65-year-old Seaside man lost his life Monday in a fatal traffic accident on Highway 26.   Preliminary investigation revealed a Ford Explorer, operated by Lonnie Meade of Seaside, was eastbound and stopped to turn left into a driveway when it was struck from behind by a Peterbilt semi-truck operated by Alejandro Flores of Tigard.  Meade sustained fatal injuries and was pron...

Volunteers Needed For County Budget Positions Details Clatsop county is looking for local people to work on several budget committees. These citizen committees review the proposed budgets and make recommendations to the county commissioners. Each committee is made up of five county commissioners and five other local residents they appoint. The committees generally meet in May to review the proposed budgets. The following seats are available: Clatsop County Budget Committee:...

Three Teens Arrested In Seaside On Multiple Charges Details Published: 11 January 2021 In the early morning hours Monday, Seaside police arrested three teenage boys under multiple charges related to firing a pistol on the beach near the turnaround.   Responding to a call shortly after 1:00 am regarding shots fired officers located two juvenile males who were in possession of a pistol.  A third juvenile male was located nearby in a parked vehicle, who was also ...

Woman Found Dead In Seaside House Fire Friday Details Published: 01 January 2021 A woman in Seaside was found dead in a two-alarm home fire Friday afternoon.  She has not been identified by authorities and city spokesman Jon Rahl says her identity and the cause of the fire will not be revealed until the initial investigation has been completed. At 4:57 pm Seaside Dispatch received a report of the structure fire at an address on 7th avenue.  It was a two-story hom...