Coast Guard Searches For Four At Debris Field 17 Miles West Of Leadbetter Point

News Release: Coast Guard searching for four near Seaview, Wash.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard is searching for four people in the water near Seaview, Wash., Saturday.

Sector Columbia River in Astoria is responding to an EPIRB signal, which led Coast Guard personnel to a debris field approximately 17 miles west of Leadbetter Point near Willapa Bay.

An MH-60 helicopter crew from Sector Columbia River along with two 47-foot motor lifeboat crews from Station Grays Harbor, Wash., and Station Cape Dissapointment, Wash., respectively, were dispatched to the scene after Sector Columbie River recieved an EPIRB distresss signal from the 62-foot fising vessel Lady Cecelia, homeported in Warrenton, Ore., at 3:47 a.m. Coast Guard crews found the debris field when they arrived to the signal's source. Since then, the Coast Guard Cutter Cuttyhunk and an HH-65 helicopter crew from Port Angeles, Wash., a 52-foot motor lifeboat from Station Cape Disappointment and a second MH-60 helicopter crew from Astoria have joined the search along with a C-130 search plane crew from Air Station Sacramento, Calif.

For more information regarding this case, please contact the Coast Guard Public Affairs office at 206-819-9154.

The Astoria DUII Prosecutions Issue Continues - Did You Know Astoria Municipal Court Is A Court Of "No Record"? Curious To Know What That Means?

A "Court of No Record" versus "Court of Record" may be the key reason for City of Astoria's apparent resistance to complying with State Law.

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Oceania Cruises Returns To Alaska In 2013. Astoria Included in Tour Stopover

Oceania Cruises Returns to Alaska in 2013
Friday, 9 March 2012
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Oceania Cruises will return to the great state of Alaska from May through mid-August 2013 after a one-year hiatus.

For the first time Seattle will provide the point of departure for many northern voyages.

In celebration, Oceania Cruises is offering two-for-one savings on its new Unlimited Passport Collection package. The special tour package promotion, which has a value of up to US$999, will be available for those guests who book an Alaska cruise by June 30, 2012......Read Information On Cruise

U.S. Senate Blocks XL Pipeline!

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Published On Thursday Mar 8, 2012

Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason - Reuters News Agency

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican proposal to take quick action on the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from Canada to Texas, in a vote that will give Republicans more ammunition to criticize President Barack Obama’s energy policies on the campaign trail.

TransCanada’s $7 billion project has been supported by some Democrats in the past, but Obama took the unusual step of calling some senators personally and asking them to vote against the proposal, drawing immediate fire from Republican leaders....Read Full Toronto Star/Reuters Article

March 14 Clatsop County Board Of Commissioners Regular Meeting Preceeded At 9:00 AM By Work Session

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Clatsop Interagency Narcotics Team Arrests 3 Following Drug Investigation

Edgar

Poulsen

Morrisette

Clatsop County Sheriff's Office - 03/07/2012

Three people were arrested by the Clatsop County Interagency Narcotic Team on Saturday following a drug investigation.

The investigation started approximately one month ago with reports of drug activity. As part of the investigation, Detectives were able to purchase heroin from Ryan Morrissette at his residence 59 W Bond Street in Astoria.

On Saturday March 3, 2012 Detectives received an anonymous report that Ryan Morrissette was traveling to Portland to purchase a large quantity of heroin. Detectives from the Clatsop County Interagency Narcotic Team were able to locate the vehicle on Hwy 30 as it returned from Portland.

A Deputy from the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office was able to stop the vehicle on Hwy 30 at milepost 82 in Knappa. Detectives served a search warrant on Ryan Morrissette and located 16.2 grams of heroin.

Lyndsay Poulsen of Astoria was a passenger in the vehicle; she had a felony drug warrant for her arrest and was found to have 3.1 grams of heroin in her possession.

Brooklyn Edgar of Warrenton was also arrested after possessing 6.7 grams of heroin.

Sheriff’s Deputies then assisted with a search of Ryan Morrissette’s residence at 59 W. Bond Street where an SKS assault rifle was located along with drug paraphernalia, digital scales and packaging materials.

Ryan Morrissette is a felon and is facing possible charges of Ex-con in possession of a weapon and commercial drug offenses.

Please report any suspected drug activity to the Clatsop County Interagency Narcotic Team, 503-861-3051. The team is made up of local law enforcement officers with the primary objective of investigating drug crimes in Clatsop County. The Seaside Police Department and Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office currently have officers on the team.

Business Plan For Healthcare Exchange Passes Out Of Oregon Legislature

March 6, 2012
By SARAH ROSS - Oregon Capital News

SALEM, Ore.- With final legislative approval from the Oregon state Senate, a proposed business plan to set up a health care exchange for the state now moves to the governor for his signature.

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National Weather Service Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-

COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-

CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-


509 AM PST SUN MAR 4 2012

...COLDER WEATHER AND LOW ELEVATION SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH

TUESDAY MORNING...

AFTER THIS WEEKEND BREAK FROM COLD AND SNOW OF LAST WEEK...ANOTHER

COLD SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BEGINNING

MONDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE DOWN FROM THE NORTH WITH A

SHARP DROP IN TEMPERATURES AND LOWERING SNOW LEVELS. PRECIPITATION

WILL BEGIN AS RAIN ON THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST...NORTH OREGON

COAST AND WILLAPA HILLS MONDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP

DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WITH SNOW

SHOWERS AT TIMES AT THE PASS LEVELS IN THE COAST RANGE BY EVENING.

THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE INLAND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY

WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LOW SNOW LEVELS...POSSIBLY DOWN TO THE

VALLEY FLOOR. AT THIS TIME NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE

EXPECTED BELOW 500 FEET...WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE

500 FEET AND IN ISOLATED HEAVIER SHOWERS.