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December 28, 2018
T he C olumbia P ress
2018: The year brought new development
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sop County.
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Natural Grocers, a nation-
wide health-food and vitamin
company based in Colorado,
opens a 21,800-square-foot
store in Youngs Bay Plaza.
Warrenton Community Li-
brary applies for, and eventu-
ally wins, a grant to automate
its inventory and check-out
system.
Warrenton High School an-
nounces plans for a new ca-
reer-oriented teaching center
and allows the fire depart-
ment to conduct a training
burn on an old shed on cam-
pus to make way for it.
Noelle Moor is arrested on
suspicion of cooking Bolt, her
Noelle Moor and Bolt
Jessica Harris
selects prod-
ucts in the
toiletries aisle
at the grand
opening of the
Natural Grocers
store in Youngs
Bay Plaza.
Cindy Yingst
The Columbia
Press
7-year-old Chihuahua, in the
oven, believing it possessed
the spirit of her ex-boyfriend.
The city’s first “tiny” dwell-
ing unit is approved by the
city’s Planning Commission
in Hammond.
The City Commission goes
after blighted buildings in
hopes of increasing the city’s
economic vitality and beauti-
fying downtown.
a pril
The Wendy’s fast-food
chain submits plans for a
2,400-square-foot restaurant
across from Home Depot.
The Port of Astoria pro-
motes plans for a center for
environmental studies on
commercial land it owns near
Astoria-Warrenton Regional
Airport.
Mayor Henry Balensifer
holds a town hall meeting
on elk, which have become a
problem throughout town.
m ay
Two teams from Warrenton
Grade School placed first and
second in the state Marine
Advanced Technology Edu-
cation competition with re-
motely operated underwater
vehicles.
Lifelong friends and lo-
cal historians Diane Collier
and Charlotte Bergerson talk
about their former childhood
homes near Trina & Ron’s
Place as the fire department
burns them down to make
way for an apartment com-
plex.
Former Warrenton Mayor
Mark Kujala easily wins a seat
on the Clatsop County Board
of Commissioners, receiving
67 percent of the vote against
two contenders.
J une
Walmart
opens
its
150,000-square-foot super-
center in the North Coast
Business Park.
Richard Reinsch is sen-
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