The Warrenton School Board votes 4-2 not to renew superintendent Craig Brewington’s contract, with board members Jim Gannaway and Darlene Warren dissenting. In protest, Gannaway then announces his resignation effective with the close of the meeting. <<READ MORE
All three seats on the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners up for election in the May 18 primary election will feature contested races. The filing deadline for the May contest was 5 p.m. Tuesday. << READ MORE
No word yet on when the Port of Astoria commission will consider entering into a contract with the Bremerton, Washington based Westerlund Log Handlers to export logs from the Port of Astoria. <<READ MORE
Warrenton holds a public workshop tonight at 6 pm at the Warrenton High School cafeteria to get input on a public parks and recreation facilities master plan. The Parks Advisory Board is working with the Community Planning Workshop (CPW) at the University of Oregon. << READ MORE
Critical of a newspaper article that he says distorts crime statistics in his town, Seaside resident John Dunzer nevertheless raises a concern about the need for the upcoming May 18th police levy before voters. The City of Seaside will ask voters to approve a $145,000 annual levy over five years to pay for the purchase of seven new police cars and add one police officer position. <<READ MORE
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brandon Roy had 19 points and hit a clinching jumper with just over two minutes left, leading the Portland Trail Blazers to an 88-81 win over the Sacramento Kings last night. The Kings pulled to a 74-all tie in the final quarter, but Roy's jumper with 2:07 left made it 85-78 -- all but sealing the win. Portland has now won five in a row against the Kings.
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington athletic director Scott Woodward says women's basketball coach Tia Jackson will return next season. Woodward tells The Associated Press that the 37-year-old Jackson will come back for the fourth season of a five-year contract. That's despite the worst three-year record in the program's history. Woodward says he's seeing marked progress.
UNDATED (AP) — Prince Fielder knocked in a pair of runs and Corey Hart hit a solo homer to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 exhibition win yesterday over a Seattle Mariners split squad. Meantime, Matt Tuiasosopo (too-ee-ah-suh-SOH'-poh) had three hits, and Franklin Gutierrez and Chris Woodward each had a run-scoring sacrifice fly to lead the other Seattle Mariners split squad to a 5-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
