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In Progress: Industry Options Developing In St. Helens

The City of St. Helens is working to reignite industry in the properties vacated when Cascades Tissue Group ceased operations last year. At a recent St. Helens City Council meeting on Feb. 21, Ron Houghtelling and Craig Allen discussed the possibility of “restarting” and “restructuring” the paper mill. Former employees of the Cascades mill attended […]

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Increased Jail Levy Coming To Columbia County Ballots In May

With the expiration date for Columbia County’s jail levy looming in the distance, voters will decide on passing a new, higher tax to fund its operations. The new levy will be on Columbia County ballots this May, and will ask voters to raise property taxes 29 cents per $1,000 assessed property value — to 87

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Longview Teen Charged As Adult After Stabbing Leaves 2nd Teen In Critical Condition

LONGVIEW Wash. (KPTV) – A 16-year-old boy is being charged as an adult after a stabbing in Longview, the Longview Police Department announced Friday. Johnson Mailos of Longview is facing charges of first-degree attempted murder after another 16-year-old was stabbed during a fight near Elks Memorial Park at Lake Sacajawea. On Feb. 21 shortly after

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Liberal Oregon U Turns And Passes Bill To Recriminalize Hard Drugs

The passage of the bill all but ends a key liberal policy Private security guard in Portland Michael Bock joined Americas Newsroom to discuss how the drug crisis has ravaged the citys communities. Oregon lawmakers have voted to recriminalize certain drugs after a surge in overdose deaths resulted in the governor declaring a state of emergency

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Lawyers Asking For $6 Billion From Elon Musk

Lawyers who sunk Elon Musk’s big pay package are now asking for nearly $6 billion worth of Tesla stock. Musk doesn’t seem happy. Lawyers for a Tesla shareholder successfully argued in a Delaware court that Elon Musk doesn’t deserve a $55-billion compensation package for his work at the EV company. Instead, some of that compensation package should go to

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Case Dismissed Against Teen Migrant Accused In Police Officer’s Death

The case has been dismissed against a teen migrant from Guatemala almost a year after he was arrested following the death of a Florida police officer, according to Jose Baez, the teen’s lawyer. Virgilio Aguilar Mendez, a 19-year-old migrant, was arrested in May 2023 after Sgt. Michael Kunovich, an officer with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s

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Awarded: Jenny Dimsho recognized as Employee of the Year

The City of St. Helens named St. Helens Associate Planner and Community Development Project Manager Jenny Dimsho employee of the year. “I’m incredibly honored to have been selected,” Dimsho said. “To the management staff who nominated me and to the reviewers who selected me, it is incredibly rewarding to be appreciated for the work I

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Teen Firefighters Step Up To The Flames As Texas Wildfires Spread

When the largest wildfire in Texas history made its way to the town of Pampas earlier in the week, 15-year-old Nathan Slater told ABC News that he immediately knew where he had to be. Just minutes after his mother, Christie, picked him up from school Monday after classes were postponed due to the fires, he told

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Ukraine Troops Are Now Rationing Ammunition

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian drones fly without ammunition. Russian artillery unleash deadly volleys from safe positions beyond the range of Kyiv’s troops. Shortages of ammo and supplies are resulting in lost ground to Moscow, U.S. congressional leaders warn, yet the Republican-controlled House has shown little hurry to resupply Ukraine with military aid. Across Washington, officials

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