ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Vandals broke into the Astoria Column and damaged the historical landmark just days before a $1 million restoration project was expected to be finished. The Daily Astorian reports ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Astoria City Council approved a new lighting policy for the Astoria Column at a meeting last Monday night. Where before the landmark could be lit with lights twice a year to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A landmark along the Oregon coast has been illuminating the region’s rich history for decades and now, the light it shines just got brighter. Ralph Budd, who commissioned the ...

One stair-tread down and 163 to go. That’s how Kevin Beck, Astoria’s Parks and Community Services director, describes the stair-tread he brought to the City Council meeting Monday. He said it’s an ...

ASTORIA, Ore. Police have arrested a paraglider who they believe illegally base-jumped off the Astoria Column last Friday. Astoria banned base-jumping or rappelling off the column back in 1998 after a ...

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The Astoria City Council has rejected a request from a local hospital to bathe the Astoria Column in pink lighting during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The Daily ...

The Astoria Column’s new lighting system was put through its paces Monday night, merging from one color combination to the next for an audience that included city councilors and other community ...

After five months under wraps, the Astoria Column reopened to the public Saturday, looking as if it had traveled back in time to its opening day in 1926. So said Jordan Schnitzer, founder and ...