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A dozen large cruise ships will dock in Astoria this year, bringing a total of 28,000 passengers. And each of them will likely spend more than $100 over the few hours they spend in town.

Club management said former employee Bruce Whitman, who died after crashing his vehicle into the facility, was fired years ago for cause after repeated aggressive behavior.

Dozens of residents from RoseVilla Senior Living in Milwaukie watched “Rosie” the duck as she nested for nearly four weeks in a planter on a third-story apartment balcony.

The Pendleton drone range is one of the nation’s most popular places to test drones. City officials are trying to turn that popularity into a surge of manufacturing jobs.

The skeleton of a 70-foot blue whale, stripped of its flesh for three years in Yaquina Bay, is being installed at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.

A dozen large cruise ships will dock in Astoria this year, bringing a total of 28,000 passengers. And each of them will likely spend more than $100 over the few hours they spend in town.

Old fishing nets can be an environmental problem. But nonprofits are now collecting them for drone protection in Ukraine.

The Tonquin helped settle Astoria and was the key to John Jacob Astor’s effort to build a worldwide fur-trading empire. But in 1811 the ship exploded, killing an untold number of tribal members and putting an end to Astor’s northward expansion.

Packwood built a reputation as a maverick Republican and champion of women’s rights. It collapsed amid revelations of sexual misconduct.

Les Schwab said in a statement the layoffs are aimed at better supporting company stores, and not due to short-term business challenges.