In his 1852 novel “Bleak House,” set in a grimy, smoggy and hidebound London of the 1830s, Charles Dickens took on a problem ...

The first regatta was held in1894, as reported in The Daily Morning Astorian. There were at least “1,000 strangers in town.” ...

The signs are posted in the gravel parking lot for the popular Youngs River Falls recreational site outside of Astoria and ...

Year 43 of the Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament begins Thursday on the Oregon Coast. The event runs from Thursday, Aug. 7 ...

Snarky tidbits from The Daily Morning Astorian, Aug. 7, 1890: • On Genevieve Street is a large hole, ... Read more ...

Durita Dahl Andreassen (pictured) of the Faroe Islands, wanted the world to know how beautiful her country is. By Elleda ...

Some people just can’t seem to resist the idea of rowing across an ocean. The Scottish highland Maclean ... Read more ...

Former President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877), former general and victor of the Civil War, died on July 23, 1885. By Elleda ...

Katie Camberg is on a mission to save lives by making people realize the danger of jumping off Youngs River Falls. By Elleda ...

Former President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877), former general and victor of the “late unpleasantness,” aka the Civil War, ...

A story of the city’s past is hidden in its sidewalks. Scattered throughout the core of the ... Read more ...

Starting in April, the Maclean brothers are rowing across the Pacific Ocean, 9,000 miles from South America to Australia. By ...