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The Spotlight newspaper Dedicated to bringing local coverage to the communities in Columbia County since 1961 Helens

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The print edition of The Spotlight is available on newsstands each Friday at the following locations:

Nelson's Market, 33666 E Columbia Ave., Scappoose

Scappoose Smoke Shop, 52503 Columbia River Highway, Scappoose

Engstrom Food Mart/Chevron, 52413
Columbia River Highway, Scappoose

By Ace and Grocery Outlet, Chinook Plaza, Scappoose

Roadrunner Gas & Grocery, 52023 Columbia River Highway, Sca

ppoose

Fred Meyer-Scappoose, 51501 S Columbia River Highway, Scappoose

Columbia River Market, 50654 Columbia River Highway, Scappoose

Chubb's/Chevron, 745 S Columbia River Highway, St. Helens

Safeway, 795 S Columbia River Highway, St. Helens

Walmart, 2295 Gable Road, St. Helens

Red Apple Market, 1111 Columbia Blvd., St. Helens

Zatterberg's Grocery, 770 West St., St. Helens

Deer Island Store, 64561 Columbia River Highway, Deer Island

Columbia City Mini Mart, 300 A St., Columbia City

Yankton Store, 33144 Pittsburg Road, St. Helens

Sherlock's Grocery, 155 Vernonia Road, St. Helens

Walgreens, 175 S. Columbia River Highway, St. Helens

Skinny's Texaco, 373 S Columbia River Highway, St.

It’s the season of giving, and residents of St. Helens and Scappoose showed out during the recent Spirit of Christmas Pa...
12/17/2025

It’s the season of giving, and residents of St. Helens and Scappoose showed out during the recent Spirit of Christmas Parades, donating a record amount of food for those in need.

Hosted by Community Connections of Oregon, the parades made their way through St. Helens and Scappoose on Dec. 6 and 7.

Columbia River People’s Utility District, the largest electricity provider in the county, reported that 3,725 customers ...
12/17/2025

Columbia River People’s Utility District, the largest electricity provider in the county, reported that 3,725 customers were impacted by the storm.

Thousands are without electricity after a storm downed trees and power lines across Columbia County. Columbia River People’s Utility District, the largest electricity provider in the county, reported that 3,725 customers were impacted by the storm. As of about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, about ...

Cases of whooping cough have reached an all-time high in Oregon, and health officials are urging people to make sure the...
12/17/2025

Cases of whooping cough have reached an all-time high in Oregon, and health officials are urging people to make sure they’re up to date on their vaccinations.

Cases of whooping cough have reached an all-time high in Oregon, and health officials are urging people to make sure they’re up to date on their vaccinations. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection spread through droplets like those produced through coughing or sneezing. It can cau...

Who are the state's top high school boys basketball teams? The coaches tell you in their latest Coaches Polls...
12/17/2025

Who are the state's top high school boys basketball teams? The coaches tell you in their latest Coaches Polls...

Below are the most recent statewide Boys Basketball Coaches Polls in all classifications for the 2025-2026 winter season, brought to you by the OSAAtoday. Please note: these polls are for generating interest and discussion only and have no impact on the OSAA’s RPI and Colley ratings that form the ...

Local area schools litter the latest girls basketball coaches polls. See the whole list here...
12/17/2025

Local area schools litter the latest girls basketball coaches polls. See the whole list here...

Below are the most recent statewide Girls Basketball Coaches Polls in all classifications for the 2025-2026 winter season, brought to you by the OSAAtoday. Please note: these polls are for generating interest and discussion only and have no impact on the OSAA’s RPI and Colley ratings that form the...

Amid record-high graduation readiness for high school freshmen across the state, Columbia County schools saw a significa...
12/16/2025

Amid record-high graduation readiness for high school freshmen across the state, Columbia County schools saw a significant boost in the percentage of ninth graders who are on track to receive high school diplomas within four years.

Amid record-high graduation readiness for high school freshmen across the state, Columbia County schools saw a significant boost in the percentage of ninth graders who are on track to receive high school diplomas within four years. Freshmen who have taken at least one quarter of the credits needed t...

See how Columbia County restaurants scored on health inspections last month 👇
12/15/2025

See how Columbia County restaurants scored on health inspections last month 👇

Columbia County health inspectors reviewed restaurants in St. Helens, Scappoose, Clatskanie and Rainier for food safety violations.

Who won and lost in Columbia County sports this past week? See all the scores here...
12/15/2025

Who won and lost in Columbia County sports this past week? See all the scores here...

Boys Basketball Scappoose 90, Valley Catholic 69 St. Helens 66, Gladstone 58 Scappoose 62, Estacada 54 St. Helens 65, Banks 57 Astoria 68, North Marion 52 Newport 68, Tillamook 33 The Dalles 75, Astoria 45 Girls Basketball Valley Catholic 44, Scappoose 16 St. Helens 59, Gladstone 19 Scappoose 45, Es...

Oregon’s largest electrical utility is proposing to make residential customers pay at least part of the long-term cost o...
12/15/2025

Oregon’s largest electrical utility is proposing to make residential customers pay at least part of the long-term cost of supplying large data centers, despite a new law requiring it to charge the centers’ developers, not other customers.

The company doesn’t plan to simply assign the costs of energy investments needed to support data centers, to data centers, but to focus on all drivers of “peak demand” Oregon’s largest electrical utility is proposing to make residential customers pay at least part of the long-term cost of su...

Of the 25 states that saw unemployment rise compared to September 2024, Oregon had the highest spike.
12/14/2025

Of the 25 states that saw unemployment rise compared to September 2024, Oregon had the highest spike.

September unemployment rates rose in 25 states and fell in 21 compared with last year, the government reported Dec. 11 in a shutdown-delayed analysis. The largest increase compared with September 2024 was in Oregon, where the rate rose from 4.2% to 5.2%, followed by the District of Columbia, increas...

Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft didn't have many nice things to say about the Ducks, Eugene and the state of Oreg...
12/14/2025

Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft didn't have many nice things to say about the Ducks, Eugene and the state of Oregon, but sports columnist Wade Evanson believes his pain might be the Ducks' gain...

The infamous Dirk Diggler may have said it best, “jealousy will get you nowhere.” He also added, “I’m going to keep rockin’ on,” and then proceeded down a path best left undiscussed. But maybe Penn State University athletic director Pat Kraft should’ve heeded the Mark Wahlberg portraye...

🚢Christmas Ships will sail by St. Helens and Scappoose this weekend!
12/13/2025

🚢Christmas Ships will sail by St. Helens and Scappoose this weekend!

For 15 nights in December, the Columbia River will dazzle with festive lights as the Christmas Ships Parade floats by for the 71st year. The longstanding holiday tradition first began in 1954, when the first Christmas Ships — or ship, at the time — set sail from the Portland Yacht Club, sporting...

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