ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - One of the last remnants of Astoria’s heyday as a cannery town will get historic protection. The old White Star Cannery boiler, an iconic, rusty scrap that rises out of the ...

The fairly excellent Watercourses blog presents this post on Sunswick Creek, a waterbody which once existed here in Astoria, and still runs to the East River at Hallets Cove in Astoria, through ...

Astoria, Oregon enjoys both an important role in the early history of the west coast and a modern, hip atmosphere.

ASTORIA, Ore. (KOIN/AP) — A ferry that once plied the Columbia River between Astoria and Washington state will soon be back in service as a tourist attraction. The Daily Astorian reported Monday that ...

Mar. 5—Nobody knows how many bodies are buried in the cemetery at the top of the hill in Astoria. This spring, students and instructors with Clatsop Community College's historic preservation and ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — I never tire of traveling Oregon’s backroads and byways, especially when there’s a chance to learn something new about the state. In Oregon’s oldest townsite, Astoria, there is one ...

Astoria ain't just The Goonies. The little coastal town has a bizarrely huge footprint in popcorn moviedom; There are more big-name films shot in Astoria than in Portland. "The town burned down in ...

The setting sun paints cloud-filled skies over the Astoria-Megler Bridge that connects Oregon and Washington across the Columbia River. (DON RYAN/AP/2003) Thanks ...

Scattered throughout the core of the city, squares of purple glass tiles checker the sidewalks, some cracked with age, some new — all calling back to Astoria’s past. These purple glass tiles, ...