A family soaks in the vistas of Youngs Bay, the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean -- and ponders a model-plane launch -- from the apex of the Astoria Column. (Don Frank Photography) Astoria, one of ...

Astoria’s Riverfront Trolley is celebrating its 25th year on the Oregon coast, where it’s been pulling passengers along the Lower Columbia waterfront for the same cost since 1999: $1 a ride. “I’m very ...

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, Ore. — Astoria, Oregon is the oldest townsite west of the Rockies and where you’ll find remarkable adventures. Maybe you'll explore the towering Astoria Column or head downtown to the ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — Children of the 1980s grew up wishing they, too, could be one of the “Goonies,” the treasure-hunting teens in the 1985 movie hit executive produced by Steven Spielberg. In sleepy ...

Don Morden, a former Astoria city councilor who was instrumental in keeping the Astoria Riverfront Trolley running, died Tuesday. Morden, 90, “passed peacefully with his daughter by his side,” ...