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Shipping Container Apartments Proposed For Astoria Details   The Astoria man who took a dilapidated downtown building and renovated it into a luxury accommodation known as the Hotel Elliot and last year created a new modern building for a dialysis center on Marine Drive occupying a long-empty lot has a new idea. Chester Trabucco has turned his attention to filling another critical local need. He is floating the idea of using a new building technique to provide more multi-family housing by using shipping containers. It's an idea that is catching on in other parts of the c...

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Expect Delays Later This Week Crossing the Big Bridge North Details Published: 09 March 2021 Crews are working on replacing a failing culvert near the Washington side of the Astoria-Megler Bridge this week.  US 101 remains open with a temporary signal, alternating travelers through a single lane while construction crews stage equipment and supplies. Once construction begins later this week, travelers should plan for delays of up to 20 minutes. On Monday, Feb. 16, after several days of heavy seasonal rainstorms and harsh winter weather swept through Pacific Coun...

City/Port Master Plan Focus Of Joint Meeting Details Published: 03 March 2021 Astoria City Manager Brett Estes and Community Development Director Meg Leatherman have been in discussions over the past year with Port of Astoria staff working toward a possible partnership to develop and implement a master planning document covering the properties from the Bornstein Seafood plant to the Maritime Memorial. Those talks have now reached a point where on Thursday a joint meeting between the Astoria Development Commission (ADC) and the Port Commission is planned to di...

Short Vaccine Supply Challenging Published: 03 March 2021 While more people are eligible to get one of the COVID 19 vaccines in Clatsop County with the addition of those 65 years and older on March 1st, there isn't enough vaccine to serve everyone.  In a news release, the county states that there are still those in the first groups to qualify that haven't had a first shot much less a second dose. Individuals age 80 and over were declared eligible for vaccination by the state on Feb. 8. Eligibility was extended to those 75 and older on Feb. 15, to those 70 and older on Feb. 22,...